Bishop Stopford School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,454 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.7
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Maplefields Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 122of 114 places
- Free school meals
- 69.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 15
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 14 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Maplefields School (URN 131186, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Of the 13 pupils who finished Year 11 at Maplefields Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Maplefields Academy’s own sixth form (North Northamptonshire average 40%), 46% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
23% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 3.1 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in North Northamptonshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 8% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in North Northamptonshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Maplefields Academy | North Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 13 | 3,979 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 62% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 54% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 8% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 23% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 15% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Maplefields Academy | North Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 3.1 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.12 | 3.82 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 53% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 1.9 | 31.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 4.4 | 46.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 17% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics | 9 | 60% | 23% | 0% | 46% | 0% |
| English Language | 8 | 53% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Mathematics | 6 | 40% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| Fine Art | 2 | 13% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.