The Parker E-ACT Academy
Ashby Road, Daventry, NN11 0QE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- E-ACT
- Principal
- Mr Maughan Johnson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- E-ACT
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Daventry
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,210
- Pupils on roll
- 1,132
- URN
- 138235
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01327705816
About this school
The Parker E-ACT Academy is a secondary academy in Daventry. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,132 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Parker E-ACT Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 182 | 185 | 207 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.2 | 37.3 | 38.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.32 -0.53 to -0.10 | -0.27 -0.48 to -0.06 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 28.1% | 33.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 50.3% | 54.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 8% | 19.5% | 32.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Parker E-ACT Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Northamptonshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.2 | 36.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.3 | 36.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.9 | 35.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,166 |
| 2023/24 | 1,180 |
| 2024/25 | 1,179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Parker E-ACT Academy compares
The Parker E-ACT Academy ranked 18th of 22 secondary schools in West Northamptonshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.9 | 11.3% | 26% | 1,132 | — |
| Ashlawn School | 50.4 | 8.5% | 18.4% | 1,564 | 7.0 miles |
| Houlton School | — | 8% | 20.7% | 895 | 7.1 miles |
| Rugby Free Secondary School | 43.7 | 10.2% | 29.1% | 1,168 | 7.8 miles |
| Campion School | 46.2 | 8.5% | 21% | 1,309 | 7.8 miles |
| Rugby High School | 74.9 | 4.5% | 9.4% | 927 | 8.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.99%
- English as an additional language
- 12.4%
- Overall absence
- 11.33%
- Persistent absence
- 31.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ashlawn School7.0 miles
Secondary · Rugby
-
Houlton School7.1 miles
Secondary · Rugby
-
Rugby Free Secondary School7.8 miles
Secondary · Rugby
-
Campion School7.8 miles
Secondary · Northampton
-
Rugby High School8.0 miles
Secondary · Rugby
Other schools in Daventry
- Abbey CofE Academy Primary
- Ashby Fields Primary School Primary
- Boddington Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Braunston Church of England Primary School Primary
- Byfield School Primary
- E-ACT The Grange School Primary
- Falconer's Hill Academy Primary
- Falconer's Hill Infant School Primary
- Monksmoor Park Church of England Primary School Primary
- Newnham Primary School Primary
- St James Infant School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Aston-le-Walls Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Parker E-ACT Academy teach?
- The Parker E-ACT Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Daventry.
- Who is the principal of The Parker E-ACT Academy?
- The principal of The Parker E-ACT Academy is Mr Maughan Johnson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Parker E-ACT Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Parker E-ACT Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at The Parker E-ACT Academy?
- The Parker E-ACT Academy has 1,132 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Parker E-ACT Academy full?
- The Parker E-ACT Academy has capacity for 1,210 pupils and 1,132 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Parker E-ACT Academy a faith school?
- No. The Parker E-ACT Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The Parker E-ACT Academy a selective school?
- No. The Parker E-ACT Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Parker E-ACT Academy part of an academy trust?
- The Parker E-ACT Academy is part of E-ACT. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Parker E-ACT Academy have?
- The schools register lists The Parker E-ACT Academy's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Parker E-ACT Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.2 in 2022/23 and 38.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Parker E-ACT Academy compare with other schools in West Northamptonshire?
- The Parker E-ACT Academy ranked 18th of 22 secondary schools in West Northamptonshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Parker E-ACT Academy's absence rate?
- The Parker E-ACT Academy's overall absence rate is 11.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Parker E-ACT Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Parker E-ACT Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.