Alternative provision free school · West Northamptonshire
New Horizons Academy
- Alternative provision
- Ages 4–16
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match West Northamptonshire council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 14 November 2023. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as The Spires Academy, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Alternative provision free school
- Phase
- Alternative provision
- Ages
- 4–16
- Pupils
- 50 (capacity 105)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST
- Phone
- 01604801320
- Address
- 59–77 Sheep Street, Northampton, NN1 2NE
- Website
- newhorizonsacademy.org.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.