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“School Is the Foundation for Life”: Kieron Conway Inspires Elite Sport Students

17/Dec/2025

“School Is the Foundation for Life”: Kieron Conway Inspires Elite Sport Students

Last Thursday, our Elite Sport students were invited to a brilliant Q&A session with  British & Commonwealth Middleweight boxing champion Kieron Conway.


Elite Sport Students Learn from Top Media Professional Chris Lepkowski

9/Dec/2025

Elite Sport Students Learn from Top Media Professional Chris Lepkowski

Our Elite Sport Students recently attended a brilliant interactive workshop led by highly respected media expert Chris Lepkowski.


Nile Ranger Shares Powerful Life Lessons with Elite Sport Students

17/Nov/2025

Nile Ranger Shares Powerful Life Lessons with Elite Sport Students

Last Thursday, former Premier League footballer Nile Ranger delivered an inspiring talk to our 150 Elite Sport students.


Outstanding Performance for Year 10 Netball Team at the United Learning Netball Final

27/Mar/2025

Outstanding Performance for Year 10 Netball Team at the United Learning Netball Final

Huge congratulations to our Year 10 Elite Netball Team for an outstanding performance at the United Learning Netball Final at Loughborough University!


Elite Sports Student Keira C and her Judo Journey

25/Mar/2025

Elite Sports Student Keira C and her Judo Journey

Elite Sports Student Keira shares her journey in Judo and her accomplishments since starting the sport.


A Victorious Girls' Rugby Team Play at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham

21/Mar/2025

A Victorious Girls' Rugby Team Play at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham

Recently, some of Northampton Academy's Girl's Rugby students competed in a touch rugby tournament held at Richmond Athletic Ground, featuring 12 schools. Our girls emerged victorious in their tournament.


Outstanding Leadership Shines at County Winter Games: Our Sports Leaders Excel at Boccia Tournament

4/Mar/2025

Outstanding Leadership Shines at County Winter Games: Our Sports Leaders Excel at Boccia Tournament

Following their fantastic Leadership at the 'Northampton School Sport Partnership- Boccia Tournament', a team of Sports Leaders were selected to represent our district, leading at the County Winter Games and officiating both the KS2/3 & 4 Boccia finals.


Impressive Performance for Joseph at Northamptonshire County Championships

17/Feb/2025

Impressive Performance for Joseph at Northamptonshire County Championships

We are excited to welcome Joseph, as the newest member of our Elite Sport Programme. Joseph recently competed in the Northamptonshire Amateur Swimming Association county championships, which took place over four weekends at the end of January and the beginning of February.


Year 7 Boys Rugby Team win all their Matches at Franklin’s Gardens

17/Feb/2025

Year 7 Boys Rugby Team win all their Matches at Franklin’s Gardens

Congratulations to our Year 7 rugby team, who participated in a tournament at the Cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday, February 8th, and won all their matches.


Students receive coaching from Red Roses players at the Northampton Saints Rugby Festival

17/Feb/2025

Students receive coaching from Red Roses players at the Northampton Saints Rugby Festival

Last week, some of our students participated in the Northampton Saints Rugby Festival.


Elite Netball Team Fixtures

21/Jan/2025

Elite Netball Team Fixtures

Get ready for a thrilling term as our skilled netball teams face off against local rivals, striving for glory!


Elite Football Teams Fixtures

21/Jan/2025

Elite Football Teams Fixtures

Prepare for an action-packed term as our talented football teams take on local rivals, aiming for victory on the pitch!


Northants and England Cricketer David Willey Visits Academy

6/Nov/2024

Northants and England Cricketer David Willey Visits Academy

David delivered an insightful talk about his career to our Elite Sports Students


Elite Sports Students Enjoy Netherlands Tour

14/Oct/2024

Elite Sports Students Enjoy Netherlands Tour

Students from Year 8, Year 9 and Year 10 experience memorable trip


Students Learn How Sport Science is Applied to Enhance an Athlete's Performance

3/Jul/2024

Students Learn How Sport Science is Applied to Enhance an Athlete's Performance

On Tuesday, Northampton Academy's students from Years 9 & 10 were invited to the University of Bedford.


Motivational Elite Sport Workshop With Mr Jones

3/May/2024

Motivational Elite Sport Workshop With Mr Jones

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


Elite Sports Workshop with Nottingham Forest Practitioner

26/Apr/2024

Elite Sports Workshop with Nottingham Forest Practitioner

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.


Elite Sports End of Term Report

17/Jul/2023

Elite Sports End of Term Report

The Elite Sports Programme continued to flourish in 2022-2023.  Commencing with our 4-week trial process in September, a record number of students attended - 228 young athletes (73 for netball and 155 for football). As a result of our assessment protocols and squad balances, across the Football teams and Netball teams respectively in Years 7-8-9-10 we selected 111, with 51 for netball and 60 for football.


World Champion Boxer Inspires Elite Students

28/Jun/2023

World Champion Boxer Inspires Elite Students

Elite Sports students in Year 10 were visited former student and World Champion boxer, Chantelle Cameron.



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