Spotlight News

This past week, 32 young athletes from Northampton Academy participated in the Annual Northampton Schools Athletics Championships held at Rockingham Triangle Corby.

Earlier this week, 70 Elite Sport students from Years 7 and 8 attended an interactive workshop delivered by our Principal, Mr Jones.

On Wednesday, 24th April, a group of Year 12 students who have the potential to attend Oxford University were given a fantastic opportunity to visit the prestigious institution.

A group of Year 9 students travelled to the National Space Centre in Leicester this week to support their STEM learning.

Year 7 Nucleus STEM students visited Cummins, a large engine factory in Daventry, as part of a project launch led by the University of Northampton in association with Cummins.

On Thursday, April 25th, we welcomed 300 Year 3 Primary School students from across our cluster to Northampton Academy for our final Multisport Festival of the Year.

Three Digital Leaders at Northampton Academy have designed a new background for a Digital Leaders Childnet competition.

On Tuesday, Richard Allen, Education Officer and former Performance Analyst and Coach of Nottingham Forest, delivered an informative workshop to 100 Northampton Academy Elite Sport students on how to develop a multi-disciplinary approach as both an athlete and sports practitioner.

"La vie est belle!" and "Allez allez" were the key phrases of this year's Paris trip.

A group of Year 10 and 11 students spent three days in Paris, exploring and visiting some of the most famous sights.

The fabulous Beat Goes On company came in before the end of last term and ran a workshop for our highest-engaged students in Music, Drama and Dance.

Mrs Ribbins, Miss Grimes, and Miss Carney were lucky enough to celebrate our Young Chef's graduation dinner at the Northampton Saints Ground on 27th April.

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.