Billing Brook Special School
Penistone Road, Lumbertubs, Northampton, NN3 8EZ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BILLING BROOK SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nikki Kennedy
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Northampton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 220
- Pupils on roll
- 257
- URN
- 140436
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01604773910
About this school
Billing Brook Special School is a special academy in Northampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 257 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Billing Brook Special School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 26 March 2025, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 95.0 | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -7.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 19 | 29 | 27 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 0.3 | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | -1.76 -2.31 to -1.20 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.0 | - |
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 Billing Brook Special School 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 | 0% | 57.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 257 |
| 2023/24 | 261 |
| 2024/25 | 256 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.64%
- English as an additional language
- 15.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.38%
- Persistent absence
- 15.98%
Location
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Common questions
- What ages does Billing Brook Special School teach?
- Billing Brook Special School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Northampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Billing Brook Special School?
- The headteacher of Billing Brook Special School is Mrs Nikki Kennedy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Billing Brook Special School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Billing Brook Special School, 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 Billing Brook Special School?
- Billing Brook Special School has 257 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Billing Brook Special School full?
- Billing Brook Special School has capacity for 220 pupils and 257 on roll (117%), so it is at or above 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 Billing Brook Special School a faith school?
- No. Billing Brook Special School has no designated religious character.
- Is Billing Brook Special School part of an academy trust?
- Billing Brook Special School is part of BILLING BROOK SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Billing Brook Special School have?
- The schools register lists Billing Brook Special School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Billing Brook Special School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Billing Brook Special School's absence rate?
- Billing Brook Special School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Billing Brook Special School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Billing Brook Special School'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 7 July 2026.