Friars Academy
Special schoolFriars Academy is a special school in North Northamptonshire, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 149 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, January 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 15 January 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 EducationEnd of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | North Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 43.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 40.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 60.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 30 | – | – |
- Friars Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- Wrenn SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, December 2023. Attainment 8 of 45.0 (2025/26, provisional)410 m
- Wellingborough SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file470 m
- St Barnabas Church of England SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023670 m
- Croyland Nursery School & Day NurseryNursery. Standards maintained, May 2025670 m
- RefocusIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file680 m
- All Saints CEVA Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North 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).