Bishop Stopford School

📍 Headlands, North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, NN15 6BJ

About this school

Bishop Stopford School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire. The school has 1,459 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 1 April 2025. The Headteacher is Jill Silverthorne. The school is administered by North Northamptonshire local authority. It belongs to BISHOP STOPFORD SCHOOL. The school has a Church of England religious character. It opened in 1 August 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Jill Silverthorne

Trust

BISHOP STOPFORD SCHOOL

Local authority

North Northamptonshire

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

URN

137086

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Bishop Stopford School are handled by the school or the local authority (North Northamptonshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• 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.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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