SCHOOL PROFILE

Southfield School for Girls: data, trends and context

Southfield School for Girls is a secondary school in North Northamptonshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
136976
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Region
East Midlands
Trust
ORBIS EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
NN15 6HE
Gender intake
Girls
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,111
FSM eligible
17.3%
EAL / First language other than English
18.7%
SEND (total)
13.6%
SEN Support
10.4%
EHCP
3.2%
White British
63.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.0%
Overall absence
9.0%
Persistent absence
24.2%
Severe absence
5.9%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
North NorthamptonshireLocal authority90.9%9.1%3.5%
East MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.2%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
21.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.42%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
46.8
English & maths grade 5+
46.4%
English & maths grade 4+
69.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Southfield School for Girls is a secondary school in North Northamptonshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.