Sponne School

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Brackley Road, Towcester, NN12 6DJ

Executive Headteacher · Mr Graham Forbes

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 26 August 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,410Capacity 1,373

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 21 January 2025

TrustTove Learning Trust

Free school meals13.4%

Inspection on 21 January 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through West Northamptonshire council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

207 of the 214 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered220

Applications328

First choice214

First-choice offers207

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).