Bishop Stopford School
About the school
Bishop Stopford School is an open secondary school in North Northamptonshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 1 April 2025
- Published
- 14 May 2025
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 58.7
- North Northamptonshire
- 42.9
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- North Northamptonshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 66.00%
- North Northamptonshire
- 38.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 84.20%
- North Northamptonshire
- 58.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 86.00%
- North Northamptonshire
- 37.40%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 5.54
- North Northamptonshire
- 3.82
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B-
Average A-level points
- School
- 37.44
AAB or better
- School
- 19.80%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1459
Girls
49.49%
Boys
50.51%
SEN support
6.58%
Education, health and care plan
0.96%
English as an additional language
9.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
7.29%
Overall absence
4.73
Persistent absence
8.62
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
213
Sustained education or employment
98%
Education
96%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
Less than 0.5%
Not sustained
1%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
212
Sustained education or employment
93%
Higher education
74%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
14%