Year 7 Admissions for September 2025 Entry
Admissions applications will be opened in early September
The deadline for applications for Year 7, September 2025 entry, is midnight on Thursday 31st October 2024. If you name Northampton School for Boys as one of your choices on your Local Authority application form before the deadline date, you will receive an invite from us for your son to attend our Common Ability Test on Saturday 16th November. You MUST also complete the Northampton School for Boys Supplementary Information Form to ensure we have all your details correctly and also the Local Authority application form. If you make a Late Application, then you may not be invited to this test day and you may be considered after all on-time applications. Please see our Admissions Policy which can also be found below for full details in relation to the application process and how we process Late Applications.
It is highly recommended that you read the full details of our admissions process which can be found below, before applying to the school.
Information to support the Presentation Evenings which were held on 18th and 20th September 2023
Virtual Video Tour of the school
Admissions Presentation (video version) - coming soon in September 2024
Admissions Presentation (text version) - coming soon in September 2024
General Application Information
Year 7 Admissions Timelines for September 2025 Entry
School Information Booklet for Applicants (PDF version) - coming soon in September 2024
School Information Booklet for Applicants (interactive version) - coming soon in September 2024
Videos
NSB Videos - General videos of the school.
Admissions Policy and Application Form
NSB Year 7 Determined Admissions Policy for September 2025 entry
Please note that the deadline for applications is midnight on 31st October 2024. Please ensure that you complete the Northampton School for Boys Supplementary Information Form AS WELL AS your Local Authority application form.
We will email all applicants by the end of the day on Friday 8th November 2024 with their time for the Common Ability Test which takes place on Saturday 16th November 2024.
THIS DOES NOT NEED TO BE BOOKED SEPARATELY.
Please note that you must complete an application to the Local Authority area that you live in. If you live in Northamptonshire this may be West Northamptonshire, or, it could be North Northamptonshire. Local Authority Applications will go live in early September 2024.
Please follow this link to the ‘Secondary School Place' information page on the West Northamptonshire website for further details on how to apply.
Click here to complete the Local Authority application form if you live in West Northants
Click here to complete the Local Authority application form if you live in North Northants
LINKS BELOW TO APPLY FOR OPTIONAL APTITUDE TESTS
Please note that these links will become active after the Presentation Evenings.
Aptitude Test Information - please note that these tests are not a compulsory part of the admissions process and you are strongly advised to listen to, or read, the admissions presentation and FAQs before booking a place on these. To book a place, please click on the links below.
MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY TEST INFORMATION
Technology Aptitude Test Day information - coming soon in September 2024
Music Aptitude Test Day information - coming soon in September 2024
The links below will become active for the Aptitude Tests at the start of the new school year.
