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Tiffield Academy

Special · ages 4-18MixedFree school95 pupilsSixth formTowcesterWest Northamptonshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Pupils from low-income families28%About the same as most schools in England
Places135 spare95 pupils, 230 places
Pupils per teacher6.8School workforce census
Pupils on roll95Census January 2026

Tiffield Academy is a special free school in Towcester for boys and girls aged 4 to 18. It has 95 pupils and room for 230. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.

St. Johns Road, Tiffield, Towcester, NN12 8AAtiffieldacademy.orgMrs Emma Butler headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to West Northamptonshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll95Census January 2026
Places23041% full
Pupils from low-income families28%28% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English19%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan100%95 pupils with a plan
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)30%£24,100 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls76 / 19
White British pupils58%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (50), Autistic spectrum disorder (29), emotional and mental health (4), Specific learning difficulty (4), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (3), Severe learning difficulty (3).

Staff

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.

Teachers14.0full-time equivalent, 15 people
Pupils per teacher6.8Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers87%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants20.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£48,643
Vacancies0

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m812 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate43 per 1,000 people52% lower than the England average
Typical house price£300,000West Northamptonshire
Nearest bus stop130 mTiffield Centre, 4 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
The Gateway SchoolAcademy70 m102Not inspectedCompare
Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChurch of England720 m35Report card 20263Compare
Gayton Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England1.8 miles57Good 202310Compare
Blisworth Community Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles173Good 202280Compare
Sponne SchoolAcademy2.1 miles1,410No overall grade 202572Compare
Towcester Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy2.2 miles267Good 202459Compare
Pattishall Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England2.4 miles155Good 202324Compare
Greens Norton Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy2.4 miles129Good 202356Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Tiffield Academy a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Tiffield Academy yet.

How many pupils does Tiffield Academy have?

95 pupils aged 4 to 18 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 230 places, so it is 41% full.

Does Tiffield Academy have a sixth form?

Yes.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
St. Johns Road, Tiffield, Towcester, NN12 8AA
Website
www.tiffieldacademy.org
Headteacher
Mrs Emma Butler
Type of school
Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 4-18, with sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Multi-academy trust
Greenwood Academies Trust (38 schools)
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Ward
Towcester
Constituency
South Northamptonshire
Setting
Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2025 (academy free school)
URN
151730 · LAESTAB 9417001 · UKPRN 10098692

Where these figures come from