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Schools in West Northamptonshire, East Midlands (2025)

179 schools · 68,085 students · 113 academy, 58 local authority, 8 independent · median Pupils on roll 230.

West Northamptonshire, in East Midlands, has 179 schools in England's 2025 data, together educating about 68,085 students. By level there are 148 primary, 20 secondary, 11 all-through; by sector 113 academy, 58 local authority, 8 independent.

The median Pupils on roll across West Northamptonshire's schools is 230, below the East Midlands median of 231. Number of pupils in the latest school census.

163 of the 179 schools qualify for the Success Index (England). The highest-scoring is Hartwell Primary School (98.3, top 5% of primary schools nationally), followed by West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School (96.8, top 5% of primary schools nationally), and John Hellins Primary School (96.2, top 5% of primary schools nationally). 20 schools sit in the top 10% of England for their type. Scores are percentiles within school type, so compare a primary school with other primary schools.

The largest schools are The Duston School (2,064 students), Caroline Chisholm School (2,049 students), Northampton School for Boys (1,756 students). 3 schools are single-sex.

Schools are spread across 18 towns, with the most in Northampton (114), Daventry (17), Towcester (15), Brackley (9).

Best primary schools in West NorthamptonshireBest secondary schools in West NorthamptonshireBest state schools in West NorthamptonshireBest academies & free schools in West NorthamptonshireBest independent schools in West NorthamptonshireSecondary Schools by Attainment 8 in West NorthamptonshirePrimary Schools by KS2 Results in West NorthamptonshireSixth Forms by A Level Results in West Northamptonshire

Top 60 schools in West Northamptonshire

Ordered by Success Index (England). Rank positions shown on each profile are within England and East Midlands. The remaining 103 ranked schools are listed below the table.

  1. 1
    98
    Hartwell Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary96% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 200 students
  2. 2
    97
    West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary86% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 239 students
  3. 3
    96
    John Hellins Primary SchoolTowcester · Local authority Primary93% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 202 students
  4. 4
    93
    Northampton SchoolNorthampton · Academy Secondary10.5% Free school meals · 650 students
  5. 5
    93
    Hackleton CofE Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary94% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 183 students
  6. 6
    93
    Preston Hedges Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary81% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 418 students
  7. 7
    93
    Buckton Fields Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary– · 289 students
  8. 8
    92
    Pineham Barns Primary SchoolPineham Village · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 413 students
  9. 9
    91
    Yardley Hastings Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 104 students
  10. 10
    90
    Parklands Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 418 students
  11. 11
    90
    Blakesley Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester · Academy Primary79% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 104 students
  12. 12
    90
    Waynflete Infants' SchoolBrackley · Academy Primary– · 140 students
  13. 13
    90
    Northampton School for BoysNorthampton · Academy Secondary58.2 Attainment 8 · 1,756 students
  14. 14
    90
    Blisworth Community Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary80% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 173 students
  15. 15
    87
    The Bliss Charity SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary82% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 177 students
  16. 16
    86
    Weston Favell CofE Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary80% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 446 students
  17. 17
    86
    Long Buckby Infant SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary– · 119 students
  18. 18
    86
    Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary SchoolTowcester · Academy Primary79% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 429 students
  19. 19
    85
    Silverstone Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester · Academy Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 224 students
  20. 20
    85
    The Arbours Primary AcademyNorthampton · Academy Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 333 students
  21. 21
    84
    East Haddon Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 81 students
  22. 22
    82
    Wootton Park SchoolNorthampton · Academy All-through53.6 Attainment 8 · 1,670 students
  23. 23
    82
    Whittlebury Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester · Local authority Primary– · 71 students
  24. 24
    81
    Welton Church of England AcademyDaventry · Academy Primary80% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 129 students
  25. 25
    78
    Kislingbury Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary74% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 111 students
  26. 26
    78
    Maidwell Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary67% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 67 students
  27. 27
    78
    Eastfield AcademyNorthampton · Academy Primary82% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 221 students
  28. 28
    77
    Duston Eldean Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary77% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 418 students
  29. 29
    77
    Bridgewater Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 650 students
  30. 30
    76
    Monksmoor Park Church of England Primary SchoolDaventry · Academy Primary– · 234 students
  31. 31
    76
    Quinton House SchoolUpton · Independent All-through56.6 Attainment 8 · 392 students
  32. 32
    76
    Sponne SchoolTowcester · Academy Secondary52.0 Attainment 8 · 1,410 students
  33. 33
    76
    Malcolm Arnold Preparatory SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary75% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 401 students
  34. 34
    76
    Caroline Chisholm SchoolNorthampton · Academy All-through50.4 Attainment 8 · 2,049 students
  35. 35
    76
    Brixworth CofE VC Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary76% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 484 students
  36. 36
    76
    St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary72% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 391 students
  37. 37
    75
    Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMarket Harborough · Local authority Primary69% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 93 students
  38. 38
    75
    Northampton School for GirlsNorthampton · Academy Secondary54.9 Attainment 8 · 1,670 students
  39. 39
    74
    Abington Vale Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 409 students
  40. 40
    74
    Woodland View Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary70% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 417 students
  41. 41
    73
    Pitsford Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary71% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 67 students
  42. 42
    73
    The Bramptons Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary92% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 94 students
  43. 43
    73
    Northampton AcademyNorthampton · Academy Secondary52.1 Attainment 8 · 1,712 students
  44. 44
    71
    Harpole Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary68% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 186 students
  45. 45
    71
    Simon de Senlis Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary67% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 434 students
  46. 46
    69
    The Duston SchoolNorthampton · Academy All-through50.0 Attainment 8 · 2,064 students
  47. 47
    69
    Helmdon Primary SchoolBrackley · Local authority Primary89% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 126 students
  48. 48
    68
    Chenderit SchoolBanbury · Academy Secondary50.0 Attainment 8 · 1,104 students
  49. 49
    68
    Cedar Road Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 383 students
  50. 50
    68
    Marie Weller Primary SchoolTowcester · Academy Primary– · 245 students
  51. 51
    67
    Guilsborough Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 95 students
  52. 52
    67
    Briar Hill Primary School & NurseryNorthampton · Academy Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 350 students
  53. 53
    66
    Ecton Brook Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary70% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 567 students
  54. 54
    66
    St James Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · Academy Primary69% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 445 students
  55. 55
    65
    Walgrave Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary74% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 149 students
  56. 56
    65
    Bracken Leas Primary SchoolBrackley · Academy Primary63% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 420 students
  57. 57
    64
    Greatworth Primary SchoolBanbury · Local authority Primary78% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 86 students
  58. 58
    63
    Campion SchoolNorthampton · Academy Secondary46.2 Attainment 8 · 1,309 students
  59. 59
    63
    Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary SchoolDaventry · Academy Primary73% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 108 students
  60. 60
    63
    Roade Primary SchoolNorthampton · Local authority Primary70% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 315 students

More ranked schools in West Northamptonshire

Ranked 61 to 163 by Success Index (England).

  1. 61.Long Buckby Junior School62.2
  2. 62.Cogenhoe Primary School61.3
  3. 63.Guilsborough Academy61.1
  4. 64.Towcester Church of England Primary School61.1
  5. 65.Barby Church of England Primary School60.6
  6. 66.Overstone Primary School59.3
  7. 67.Wootton Primary School59.0
  8. 68.Byfield School58.4
  9. 69.East Hunsbury Primary School57.7
  10. 70.Ashby Fields Primary School57.3
  11. 71.Kings Heath Primary Academy56.9
  12. 72.Moulton School and Science College56.7
  13. 73.Castle Academy56.5
  14. 74.Greens Norton Church of England Primary School56.5
  15. 75.Badby School55.9
  16. 76.Standens Barn Primary School54.8
  17. 77.The Abbey Primary School54.6
  18. 78.Flore Church of England Primary School53.9
  19. 79.Whitehills Primary School52.1
  20. 80.Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary School51.8
  21. 81.St James Infant School51.8
  22. 82.Moulton Primary School51.4
  23. 83.Newnham Primary School51.4
  24. 84.Falconer's Hill Infant School49.8
  25. 85.Magdalen College School49.6
  26. 86.Elizabeth Woodville School49.5
  27. 87.Middleton Cheney Primary Academy48.3
  28. 88.Yelvertoft Primary School48.2
  29. 89.Headlands Primary School48.1
  30. 90.Oneschool Global Uk, Northampton Campus46.9
  31. 91.Harlestone Primary School46.6
  32. 92.Queen Eleanor Primary Academy46.5
  33. 93.Boughton Primary School46.4
  34. 94.Woodford Halse Church of England Primary Academy46.0
  35. 95.Blackthorn Primary School45.0
  36. 96.Croughton All Saints CofE Primary School45.0
  37. 97.Old Stratford Primary School42.7
  38. 98.Lumbertubs Primary School42.1
  39. 99.The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School41.9
  40. 100.Abbeyfield School41.5
  41. 101.The Radstone Primary School41.5
  42. 102.Vernon Terrace Primary School41.4
  43. 103.St Gregory's Catholic Primary School40.7
  44. 104.Malcolm Arnold Academy39.7
  45. 105.Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary School39.6
  46. 106.Kings Sutton Primary Academy39.4
  47. 107.Hopping Hill Primary School38.2
  48. 108.Falconer's Hill Academy37.9
  49. 109.Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School37.2
  50. 110.Millway Primary School36.8
  51. 111.Thorplands Primary School36.8
  52. 112.Brackley Church of England Junior School36.5
  53. 113.St Thomas Becket Catholic School36.5
  54. 114.Hardingstone Academy35.8
  55. 115.Pattishall Church of England Primary School35.5
  56. 116.Barry Primary School35.4
  57. 117.Spring Lane Primary School35.4
  58. 118.Deanshanger Primary School35.2
  59. 119.St Andrew's Ceva Primary School34.7
  60. 120.Denton Primary School34.6
  61. 121.Kilsby Church of England Primary School34.5
  62. 122.Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy34.3
  63. 123.Boothville Primary School33.8
  64. 124.Kingsthorpe College33.7
  65. 125.Chipping Warden Primary Academy33.5
  66. 126.Green Oaks Primary Academy33.3
  67. 127.Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School33.2
  68. 128.Little Houghton Church of England Primary33.1
  69. 129.Stimpson Avenue Academy33.0
  70. 130.Upton Meadows Primary School32.5
  71. 131.All Saints CofE VA Primary School32.3
  72. 132.Earl Spencer Primary School32.2
  73. 133.Kingsthorpe Village Primary School31.8
  74. 134.The Parker E-ACT Academy31.1
  75. 135.St Mary's Catholic Primary School30.6
  76. 136.Collingtree Church of England Primary School30.0
  77. 137.Delapre Primary School30.0
  78. 138.Hunsbury Park Primary School29.7
  79. 139.Northampton High School GDST29.5
  80. 140.Weston Favell Academy29.4
  81. 141.Abbey CofE Academy29.2
  82. 142.Sunnyside Primary Academy29.1
  83. 143.Bugbrooke Community Primary School28.6
  84. 144.Weedon Bec Primary School27.7
  85. 145.Lyncrest Primary School27.4
  86. 146.Crick Primary School26.7
  87. 147.Lings Primary School26.7
  88. 148.Braunston Church of England Primary School25.8
  89. 149.Woodvale Primary Academy25.6
  90. 150.DSLV E-ACT Academy25.5
  91. 151.Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery25.5
  92. 152.Chiltern Primary School24.8
  93. 153.Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School24.1
  94. 154.Culworth Church of England Primary Academy23.9
  95. 155.Silverstone UTC22.5
  96. 156.Northampton International Academy22.0
  97. 157.Kingsley Primary School21.4
  98. 158.Rectory Farm Primary School21.2
  99. 159.St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls16.6
  100. 160.Pitsford School15.2
  101. 161.Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School14.1
  102. 162.E-ACT The Grange School10.9
  103. 163.Bosworth Independent School7.0

Other schools in West Northamptonshire

Schools without a rank: fewer than 60 students, no published Pupils on roll, or a school type that is not scored.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best school in West Northamptonshire?

Hartwell Primary School is the highest-ranked school in West Northamptonshire with a Success Index (England) of 98.3 out of 100 (Top 5% of primary schools in England).

How many schools are in West Northamptonshire?

West Northamptonshire has 179 schools (148 primary, 20 secondary, 11 all-through) educating 68,085 students in 2025.

What is the typical Pupils on roll in West Northamptonshire?

The median Pupils on roll across schools in West Northamptonshire is 230. Number of pupils in the latest school census.