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# Billing Brook Special School

Billing Brook Special School is an academy in Northampton, United Kingdom with 257 pupils, part of Billing Brook School Academy Trust. As of 9 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Level 2 Teaching Assistant (closes 9 December).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. [1 live vacancy](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **Head:** Nikki Kennedy, Headteacher
- **Trust or group:** Billing Brook School Academy Trust
- **Type:** Academy
- **Pupils:** 257 pupils · 24% girls · 42.0% eligible for free school meals · 18.7% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 0 (0.0%) on SEN support · 257 (100.0%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** West Northamptonshire
- **Location:** Northampton, NN3 8EZ, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01604773910
- **Website:** [billingbrook.co.uk](https://www.billingbrook.co.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 140436 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140436))

## Vacancies (1)

- [Level 2 Teaching Assistant](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/25l9rq2v9g3-level-2-teaching-assistant) · Salary £20,261 to £21,240 a year · Closes 9 Dec · Full time · Teaching support · We are a busy all special educational needs school and looking to recruit fantastic Level 2 Teaching Assistants to work in our school. Although not a prerequisite SEN experience…

## Exam results

| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths | KS2 expected | KS2 higher |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024/25 | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| 2023/24 | 0.3 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2022/23 | – | – | 0% | 0% |

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

## Inspections

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 25 March 2025 | Ungraded inspection | Standards maintained |
| 15 October 2019 | Ungraded inspection | School remains Outstanding |

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

## Staff

| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 37.6 | 6.8 | – | 0 | £50,455 |
| 2024/25 | 35.9 | 7.1 | 3% | 0 | £45,664 |
| 2023/24 | 38.2 | 6.8 | 17% | 0 | £45,122 |
| 2022/23 | 42.5 | 6.0 | 8% | 1 | £39,515 |
| 2021/22 | 39.4 | 6.4 | 3% | 1 | £41,250 |
| 2020/21 | 38.2 | 6.4 | 10% | 0 | £40,988 |

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

## Attendance

| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 6.2% | 0.5% | 19.3% | 0.9% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 0.7% | 19.2% | 0.9% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 0.4% | 19.6% | 0.9% |
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 0.7% | 28.9% | 0.0% |
| 2021/22 | 9.6% | 0.6% | 35.8% | 1.9% |
| 2020/21 | 5.2% | 0.3% | 14.4% | 1.9% |

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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