Sponne School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire. The school has 1,422 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 21 January 2025. The Executive Headteacher is Graham Forbes. The school is administered by West Northamptonshire local authority. It belongs to TOVE LEARNING TRUST. It opened in 1 March 2011.
Applications for places at Sponne School are handled by the school or the local authority (West Northamptonshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
52.0
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.27
Progress 8 · 2023-24
55%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
83%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.70
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
35%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.