Spotlight News

Over the Easter break, fifteen lucky STEM students went on a two-week trip to South Africa. The trip was fully funded by the UK government's Turing scheme, which provides funding for international education and training opportunities.

This year's musical 'Wizard of Oz' was hailed a resounding success and received some fantastic reviews.

A group of Year 8 students participated in the IET Faraday^® Challenge Day on Thursday, 18th April. Students had the opportunity to become real-life engineers for a day by researching, designing, and building solutions to real engineering problems as part of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s IET Faraday^® Challenge Day.

The Northampton Academy Careers Department hosted a school-wide careers fair on Wednesday, 27th March 2024. The event welcomed several companies and further or higher educational establishments through the doors.

On Thursday, 28th March 2024, Northampton Academy celebrated it's annual 'My Culture Day'.

A group of Year 12 students recently went on a trip to Durham University, which is a part of the prestigious Russell Group, and stayed overnight at Collingwood College, and enjoyed the opportunity to explore the beautiful and historic city of Durham.

I hope this message finds you well. First of all, I wanted to extend my heartfelt gratitude to Year 10 parents/carers for your active participation and engagement during our recent Year 10 Parents’ Evening.

Northampton Academy's dance team performed at the 'Now Dance Unite' Showcase at NSG. The show aimed to unite all Northampton dancers and celebrate each other's talent.

During British Science Week, the girls from 7S were invited to participate in an event hosted by TechGirls and Konika Minolta in Balisdon.

Our team of Library Leaders are currently participating in training to learn all the essential aspects of running our busy school library.

Winners of our Valentine's Day Poetry competition have received their prizes, presented by one of our Library Ambassadors, Dorcas. Along with fellow Library Ambassador Jimmy, Dorcas invited students to write a poem or song about something they love.

Firstly, thank you to parents and carers who attended the Year 8 parents’ evening yesterday. It was a really good event, and it was lovely to hear all of the positive conversations happening around the room. The next parents’ evening is for Year 10 on 21st March. 

On Thursday, March 7th, our Year 8 and 9 Table Tennis teams participated in the Northampton Town Team Table Tennis Championships at The Duston School.

Aston, a Year 7 student and author, visited Hunsbury Park Primary School to deliver a whole school assembly about his love for Astronomy. Along with his parents, Aston, who lives with ADHD and Autism, travelled to the school to share his inspiring journey with the children.

Dear Parents and Carers,

We arrive at the end of another fantastic term at Northampton Academy. The students have been amazing, and their consistent engagement in lessons has been brilliant, as always.

Year 9 Computer Science student, Jeremy has recently been recognised as a Digital Champion as part of the Childnet digital leadership scheme.

A group of Year 12 students recently participated in the County Debate Competition held at Northampton Guildhall.

It has been another brilliant fortnight at Northampton Academy with so much going on!

A group of STEM students from Year 10 and Year 12 recently had the opportunity to visit the Omron Automation Lab in Milton Keynes

Northampton Academy is proud to support Year 7 student Aston, a published author of two astronomy books aimed at children. Aston, who lives with ADHD and Autism, wrote his first book, 'The Solar System', during lockdown when he was just eight years old.