Weavers Academy 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 17/05/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.2%, which is 2.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Brickhill Road, Wellingborough

School Information

Address: Brickhill Road, Wellingborough, NN8 3JH
Website: http://www.weaversacademy.org.uk/
Telephone: 01933222830
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: North Northamptonshire
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Vivien Swaida
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 139819

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 17/05/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1504
Number of Pupils: 1232
Number of Boys: 596
Number of Girls: 636

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.07 Confidence interval -0.27 to 0.13
Of the 169 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 160 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:12%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:87%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:32%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.6
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery
Croyland Road , NN8 2AX 		4out of 4 845 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Highfield Nursery School
Finedon Road , NN8 4AB 		3out of 4 2,234 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy
Westfield Road , NN8 3HD 		3out of 4 669 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Olympic Primary
Olympic Way , NN8 3QA 		2out of 4 769 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St Barnabas Church of England School
St Barnabas Street , NN8 3HB 		3out of 4 793 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Croyland Primary School
Croyland Road , NN8 2AX 		2out of 4 837 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Henshaw Road , NN8 2BE 		- not rated 877 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Weavers Academy
Brickhill Road , NN8 3JH 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Sir Christopher Hatton Academy
The Pyghtle , NN8 4RP 		4out of 4 1,625 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Wrenn School
London Road , NN8 2DQ 		3out of 4 1,914 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Friars Academy
Friars Close , NN8 2LA 		4out of 4 1,473 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Wellingborough School
London Road , NN8 2BX 		- not rated 1,966 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Rowan Gate Primary School -Two Sites and Satellite
Rowan Gate Primary School , Finedon Road NN8 4NS 		4out of 4 2,287 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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