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Northampton School for Girls

Academy converter secondary school in Northampton (West Northamptonshire).

Attainment 8
59.2
▲ 13.0 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
66.5%
▲ 20pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
93.6%
▲ 2pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
17.5
▲ 0.8 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
16.2%
▼ 11pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
9.9%
▼ 4pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
93%
1,670 / 1,801 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Report card
inspected Mar 2026

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).

Northampton School for Girls is a secondary school located in Northampton, West Northamptonshire. The school caters for girls pupils aged 11 to 18 and currently has 1,737 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,801. It is part of the NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL for GIRLS. The school is led by Mrs Cristina Taboada-Naya.

Enrichment

21 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Band
  • Basketball
  • Chess
  • Choir
  • Cross Country
  • Dance
  • Debating
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Eco Club
  • Film Club
  • Football
  • Hockey
  • Mindfulness

and 5 more

Awards

4 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
  • ArtsmarkArts and culture
  • Music MarkMusic
  • Stonewall School ChampionLGBT+ inclusion

Key facts

URN
140510
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Northampton North
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2014

Governing body (17 current, 2 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

14 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Dawn Lewis Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Nicola O'Brien Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Azeem Baig Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Daniel Chelariu-SmithTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Ricardo Campos Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Mohamed Ibrahim Ali Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Fay Helen TennetMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2025
Mr Roland Gray Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Michael Blow Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Debbie Tysoe Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Lisa Jayne Wainwright Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Rebecca West Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Lorraine Ann Cullen Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2022
Mrs Felicity Dewsbery Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2022
Headteacher Cristina Taboada-Naya Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2020
Headteacher Cristina Taboada-Naya Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2020
Mrs Mandy KneeshawChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2015
Mr Andrew Thomas William Vincent Confirmed same person FormerMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mr Paul Hampton FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2019 · term ended 2026

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record