Huxlow Science College is a secondary school located in Wellingborough. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 15/06/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.8%, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Finedon Road, Wellingborough

School Information

Address: Finedon Road, Wellingborough, NN9 5TY
Website: www.huxlow.northants.sch.uk
Telephone: 01933650496
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: North Northamptonshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Paul Letch
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138030

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 15/06/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 819
Number of Pupils: 920
Number of Boys: 487
Number of Girls: 433

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.21 Confidence interval -0.42 to 0.01
Of the 143 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 140 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:63%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:36%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.92
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Irthlingborough Junior School
College Street, Irthlingborough NN9 5TX 		558 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Irthlingborough Nursery and Infant School
Scarborough Street, Irthlingborough NN9 5TT 		590 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School
Wellingborough Road, Finedon NN9 5JT 		2,452 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Henry Chichele Primary School
School Lane, NN10 8NQ 		2,642 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Finedon Infant School
Orchard Road, Finedon NN9 5JG 		2,650 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Huxlow Science College
Finedon Road, Irthlingborough NN9 5TY 		0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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