Secondary school

St Thomas Becket Catholic School

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  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • West Northamptonshire
  • NN3 6HT
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,757 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 85%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 77%77%2016/17: top 87%2017/18: top 74%74% · 2017/182018/19: top 94%2021/22: top 84%2022/23: top 89%2023/24: top 83%2024/25: top 85%No exams

A-level results

#29 of 190 East Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against East Midlands

Attainment 838.7 · East Midlands 452/10 Well below East Midlands
Grade 5+ English and maths31.5% · East Midlands 41.6%3/10 Below+7.4 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.36 · East Midlands 3.923/10 Below−6.2 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.22 · East Midlands −0.064/10 Below+8.4 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry38.47 · East Midlands 33.2210/10 Top 10%+86.5 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.8 · 145 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 39.1 · 132 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 41.5 · 91 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 35.4 · 84 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 41.2 · 134 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 36.9 · 131 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 38.7 · 141 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 38.7 · 146 pupils · East Midlands 45.0545.835.4No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 30% · 132 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 35% · 91 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 18% · 84 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 31% · 134 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 33% · 131 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 32.6% · 141 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 31.5% · 146 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%35%18%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 22.57 · 63 pupils · East Midlands 28.712016/17: 22.34 · 39 pupils · East Midlands 28.822017/18: 19.41 · 28 pupils · East Midlands 29.892018/19: 19.38 · 41 pupils · East Midlands 30.462021/22: 28.54 · 40 pupils · East Midlands 36.542022/23: 23.36 · 49 pupils · East Midlands 32.222023/24: 31.62 · 33 pupils · East Midlands 31.622024/25: 38.47 · 34 pupils · East Midlands 33.2238.4719.38No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
77 of 77 who put it first2022 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7777
2nd9640
3rd12313

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2015Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvement
  6. 2022Ungraded visit
  7. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026912
Free school meals (past 6 years)29.6%
First language not English41.7%
SEN support12.3%
EHC plan2.2%
Absence (sessions missed)9.8%
Persistently absent pupils29.2%

Girls 47.6%Boys 52.4%

80.3% full · 1,136 places · 81 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.4
Pupils per adult14.6
  • Classroom teachers 39
  • Leadership 8
  • Teaching assistants 6.5
  • Other support 17.7

Teachers 47 FTE · Whole workforce 71.3 · 75 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,219
Spend per pupil£7,518
Staff spend per pupil£5,278
Reserve per pupil−£1,148
  • −£1,039,000revenue reserve
  • +£634,000in-year balance

Grants £7,983 · self-generated £235 · premises £327 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: OUR LADY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST LTD (12 academies) · trust reserve £2,980,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

141 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.8%
  • Education88.7%
  • Apprenticeship2.1%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained7.8%
  • Unknown1.4%

After sixth form (16–18)

47 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained83%
  • Education68.1%
  • Higher education63.8%
  • Apprenticeship2.1%
  • Employment12.8%
  • Not sustained14.9%
  • Unknown2.1%