Caroline Chisholm School is a all-through school located in Northampton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 01/11/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4%, the same as UK average.

School Information

Address: Wooldale Centre for Learning, Northampton, NN4 6TP
Website: www.ccs.northants.sch.uk
Telephone: 01604669200
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: All-through
Local authority: West Northamptonshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr David James
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137089

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 01/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 2002
Number of Pupils: 2043
Number of Boys: 1004
Number of Girls: 1039

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4% 4%
Persistent absence: 7.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -1.1 to 2.1
Writing
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -0.8 to 2.1
Maths
Average: 0.8 Confidence interval -0.6 to 2.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:83%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:25%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:108
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:109
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.1 Confidence interval -0.07 to 0.26
Of the 238 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 235 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:33%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:50%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.36
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Preston Hedges Primary School
Wootton Hope Drive , Wootton Fields NN4 6BU 		4out of 4 627 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Wootton Primary School
Farmclose Road , Wootton NN4 6HJ 		3out of 4 903 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Woodland View Primary School
School Lane , Grange Park NN4 5FZ 		4out of 4 1,334 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Hardingstone Academy
Martins Lane , Hardingstone NN4 6DJ 		3out of 4 1,532 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Collingtree Church of England Primary School
Lodge Avenue , Collingtree NN4 0NQ 		1out of 4 2,073 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Abbeyfield School
Mereway , NN4 8BU 		3out of 4 3,068 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Caroline Chisholm School
Wooldale Centre for Learning , Wootton Fields NN4 6TP 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Wootton Park School
Wootton Hall Park , NN4 0JA 		4out of 4 2,362 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Northampton High School
Newport Pagnell Road , Hardingstone NN4 6UU 		- not rated 1,593 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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