Caroline Chisholm School
All-through schoolCaroline Chisholm School is a all-through school in West Northamptonshire, for pupils aged 4 to 18. It had 2,049 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, May 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 21 May 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 72% of pupils at Caroline Chisholm School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in West Northamptonshire and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Caroline Chisholm School was 52.0, against 46.0 in West Northamptonshire and 46.2 in England.
53.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | West Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | West Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 52.0 | 46.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53.8% | 45.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72.9% | 65.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 277 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Preston Hedges Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- Wootton Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)830 m
- Woodland View Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), October 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Hardingstone AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Northampton High School GDSTIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.5 km
- Collingtree Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in West Northamptonshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).