OUR TRUST VISION

The NSB Trust ensures that an inspirational academic curriculum is delivered for all students through highly effective and impactful specialist teaching based on insightful, evidence-informed research. The exceptional nature of the curriculum taught at both schools has been recognised externally by the SSAT (The Schools, Students and Teachers’ Network) as reaching its highest 'Transforming' grading for 'Principled Curriculum Design', 'Effective Teaching Approaches' and ‘Engaging with research and evidence’ - this grade is given in recognition that practice in these areas is amongst the most exceptional nationally.  Students are given outstanding levels of care, support and guidance as they navigate their way through the progressive key stages in their preparation for future career pathways and both schools meet all aspects of the nationally respected Gatsby benchmarks for careers.

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As part of the Trust’s vision, the staff within The NSB Trust are determined to build an unrivalled package of extracurricular activities which meet the interests and talents of all students. The Trust is built on the guiding philosophy that students who enjoy a rich and successful extracurricular programme show enormous pride in their school which in turn has significant benefits in terms of academic outcomes, behaviour, mental and physical health and overall attendance. NS and NSB consistently have the lowest exclusion rates and the highest attendance rates of all secondary schools in West Northants and are two of the top performing schools nationally in both these areas. 

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Proven academic outcomes for both schools are exceptional. NSB consistently tops the West Northamptonshire and National league tables for boys for GCSE and A level Key Performance measures. The latest GSCE Progress 8 score for the school was +0.95 which means that students are achieving almost a whole grade higher than their peers across England who had the same Key Stage 2 SATs scores as them -  and well over 70% of all Year 11 students in 2026 achieved a Grade 5+ (strong pass) in both English and Maths GCSEs. NSB was also highlighted by the Government in 2026 for being one of the very top schools in the country for GCSE outcomes for disadvantaged students. The school has achieved an Average Points Score of above a B grade for every A level sat for each of the past three years with many students going on to prestigious university courses or apprenticeship routes including 14 students leaving to study medicine and 7 students going to Oxford or Cambridge University last summer (2025).

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In March 2025, NSB received ‘Outstanding’ judgements across all areas of the Ofsted Inspection Framework: Quality of Education, Behaviour and Attitudes, Personal Development, Leadership and Management, and Sixth Form. Inspectors praised how the “school has the very highest expectations of what pupils can achieve. The curriculum is aspirational for all. Pupils work hard and achieve exceptionally well.” They also celebrated how “pupils thrive because of visionary leadership and the shared commitment of staff to provide the very highest quality education for all pupils.”

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See the full Ofsted report here: Northampton School for Boys - OFSTED report

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This same culture of aspiration, ambition and excellence is also embedded at Northampton School. The academic progress of students at Northampton School is closely monitored and all three current year groups of students are demonstrating very similar attainment and progress grades in direct comparison to the same year groups at NSB – the highest current year group (Year 9) are on track for very high GCSE results in comparison to national expectations when they reach Year 11. NS students will have the same priority of entry (subject to meeting the GCSE entry criteria) into the NSB Sixth Form as Year 11 NSB students. ​