Wollaston School is a secondary academy in Wellingborough, United Kingdom with 1,432 pupils, part of The Nene Valley Partnership. Ofsted: Good, inspected 16 May 2023. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Afternoon Cleaner (closes 27 November) and Library Manager (Maternity Cover) (closes 20 November). It holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Clair Edwards, Headteacher
Trust or group
The Nene Valley Partnership
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,432 pupils · 49% girls · 17.5% eligible for free school meals · 4.5% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
200 (14.0%) on SEN support · 60 (4.2%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Location
Wellingborough, NN29 7PH, United Kingdom
Telephone
01933663501
Visa sponsorship
Holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A). Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
Full time, part timeSite, facilities and transport
Afternoon Cleaner Required 17.5 hours per week, Term Time Only. Required for an asap start, pending recruitment checks.3pm to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. We are looking for a…
Full time, part time, temporaryAdministration and business
Library Manager (Maternity Cover) Jan 27 Start Full time (37 hours per week) 39 weeks per (term time + 5 additional training days Inspire a Love of Reading. Create a Space Where…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
44.0
38.9%
2024/25
46.1
44.2%
2023/24
45.8
41.3%
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. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
16 May 2023
Graded inspection
Good
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
82.6
17.3
–
0
£54,339
2024/25
83.3
17.2
20%
0
£50,942
2023/24
78.2
18.3
28%
0
£50,556
2022/23
80.3
17.6
20%
1
£43,061
2021/22
76.5
18.4
18%
0
£42,455
2020/21
79.5
18.2
20%
0
£42,303
Earlier years (2019/20 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
81.9
17.5
17%
0
£39,648
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
8.6%
2.0%
24.7%
3.5%
2024/25
8.7%
1.8%
23.0%
3.3%
2023/24
7.8%
1.3%
21.5%
2.8%
2022/23
8.2%
0.9%
21.9%
2.6%
2021/22
9.4%
1.2%
30.5%
2.1%
2020/21
3.0%
0.6%
6.3%
0.7%
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).
Hiring history
14 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 3 teaching, 8 support, 3 leadership. Most often advertised: Assistant Head of English, Assistant Head of PE, Casual Sports Assistant. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.