Academy converter · Primary
Towcester · NN12 6AU · West Northamptonshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136488
Sponne School
Academy converter · Towcester · NN12 6DJ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,410
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Towcester, West Northamptonshire, 1,410 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 13.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136488
Location
- Address
- Brackley Road
- Postcode
- NN12 6DJ
- Town
- Towcester
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,410
- Boys / girls
- 702 / 708
- School capacity
- 1,373
- Capacity fill
- 1,410 / 1,373 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- FSM pupils
- 155
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: TOVE LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Tove Learning Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Graham Forbes
- Telephone
- 01327350284
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-01-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 52.3
- Progress 8
- 0.3
- English & maths grade 5+
- 59%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 78%
- EBacc entry
- 22%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6