Weavers Academy

About Weavers Academy

Weavers Academy is a popular choice among local families, with 312 applications for 219 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.42. Of those, 121 families put it as their first preference, and all of them received an offer. That level of demand suggests a school that parents in North Northamptonshire actively want. The school has held a Good rating from Ofsted since its graded inspection in 2017, and a subsequent ungraded visit in 2022 confirmed it remains Good. Leadership and management, sixth-form provision, and overall effectiveness were all judged Good at the last graded inspection. The school had previously been rated Requires Improvement in 2015, so the improvement is clear. With 1,282 pupils on a capacity of 1,504, there is still some room to grow, and the school serves a community where 31.3 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average.

Academically, Weavers sits below the local average on progress. Its Progress 8 score of -0.39 is significantly lower than the North Northamptonshire average of -0.02, and places the school 17th out of 21 similar schools in the local authority, in the bottom 50 nationally. Attainment 8 sits at 39.2, and just over half of pupils (57.3 per cent) achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, though only 25.6 per cent reached grade 5 or above. The EBacc entry rate is low at 21.4 per cent, and the average EBacc APS is 3.4. At A-level, the picture is more mixed: the school’s value-added score is exactly zero, which is classed as Average, and the average points per entry is 28.86, equivalent to a C grade. The best three A-levels average out at a C grade too, and 5.3 per cent of entries were AAB or higher. For parents focused on academic outcomes, the data suggests results are below the local benchmark at GCSE, but sixth-form progress is in line with expectations.

The school offers a solid range of facilities, including a theatre, sports hall, gymnasium, art studios, and a dedicated sixth-form centre. Sports on offer include swimming, gymnastics, martial arts, football, rugby, and badminton, and there is a broad club programme covering choir, orchestra, drama, chess, coding, debate, Model UN, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and Young Enterprise. SEND provision is well-documented, with support for pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a large, mixed, non-denominational secondary with a sixth form, and it suits families who value a broad extracurricular offer and inclusive SEND support, but who are comfortable with GCSE results that trail the local average. The oversubscription shows it remains a sought-after option despite those figures.

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