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Northampton School for Boys

Northampton School for Boys

OFSTED report

Northampton School for Boys is celebrating the results of its recent full Ofsted Inspection in which it was graded outstanding in all inspection areas:

Overall effectiveness

Leadership and Management

Behaviour and safety of pupils

Quality of teaching

Achievement of Pupils

Sixth Form Provision

The five strong inspection team were lavish in their praise of the school highlighting many exceptional areas of provision. The team were particularly effusive in their recognition of the students' outstanding levels of achievement and behaviour with the explicit link made between these high standards to outstanding teaching and leadership and management. Key summary quotes are given below with the full report available on the Ofsted website (actual link for school website).

'Students make outstanding progress across a range of subjects. They make exceptional progress in mathematics'

'Students enjoy outstanding opportunities to take part in clubs and activities. This helps to build the excellent relationships between students and staff which are at the heart of students' highly successful learning'

'Students behave exceptionally well around the school, feel very safe and know how to keep themselves safe'

'Students have a thirst for knowledge and a love for learning'

'The Sixth Form is outstanding because students make excellent progress. A high proportion of students gain places at top universities'

'Teachers have high expectations of students' behaviour, effort and standards. Teachers have excellent knowledge of their subjects. They benefit from outstanding opportunities for training and development'

'The outstanding curriculum enables students to achieve highly and develop the personal skills they will need in the next stage of their lives'

'Leadership and Management is outstanding. School leaders strive for excellence and set the very highest expectations for students. They rigorously check all aspects of the school's work and identify where teachers' performance or students' outcomes could be further improved'

'Parents are highly positive about the school's work'

'Governors are highly knowledgeable about the school's performance and they play a very effective role in shaping future strategic developments'

'The new Headteacher is successfully maintaining and building on the many existing strengths of the school whilst at the same time, he is bringing a new approach to improving aspects of the school's work'

Headmaster, Richard Bernard, stated ' I am delighted with this external validation by Ofsted of the first class educational provision that Northampton School for Boys provides. I am extremely proud of the students who have an exceptional attitude and sense of pride towards their school and of all of the staff and governors who work extraordinarily hard to maintain and improve on such high standards. Parents are also incredibly supportive. On top of this outstanding report we continue to enjoy national and international success in sport and in all areas of music and performing arts and we have a brand new, state of the art, swimming pool and dance studio opening this week. The school is flourishing and has an extremely bright future ahead'.

Peter Bason, Chair of Governors, echoed these sentiments as, following the release of the report, he stated, 'The Governing Body of the school is delighted with the outstanding judgments in all the categories following the recent Ofsted inspection. We are thrilled for the excellent teaching staff, the hardworking pupils and the supportive parents who all contribute to make NSB such a unique and outstanding school. NSB has achieved outstanding status on the last three Ofsted inspections, which is a wonderful achievement. The Governors will strive to ensure that all the students at the school will continue to receive a quality educational experience'.

 

Northampton School for Boys, Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5RT
01604 230240