Prep Schools
Laxton Junior School
As the 4-11 prep school of Oundle School, Laxton Junior School offers a joyful, confidence-building start to lifelong learning in the beautiful market town of Oundle. Close links with the senior school mean pupils benefit from Oundle's facilities, including its impressive sports centre, while older Oundle pupils regularly support Laxton's modern-language clubs as part of their community-action programme. Laxton takes a refreshingly open-minded approach to sport, with pupils choosing their games regardless of gender. Around two-thirds of leavers progress naturally into Oundle School itself, making Laxton the perfect first chapter in a longer educational story.
Spratton Hall School
Set across 50 acres of Northamptonshire countryside, Spratton Hall School has provided an exceptional day education for children aged 4-13 since 1951. Housed around a Georgian manor once known for its stag emblem, Spratton Hall balances a rigorous academic curriculum - with a 100% Common Entrance pass rate - against a genuinely holistic approach that gives sport, art, drama and music equal billing. A dedicated Forest School lets younger pupils build dens and dip into ponds, while older children carry out practical projects in the outdoor classroom. It's a school that helps every child find where their strengths lie.
St Peter's School
Founded in 1946, St Peter's School has built a proud reputation as a warm, family-spirited prep and nursery for children aged 3-11 in the heart of Kettering. Housed in a striking Victorian building once home to local philanthropist William Timpson, St Peter's blends historic character with modern teaching facilities and a genuinely child-centred curriculum. The school prizes community, inclusion and creativity as highly as academic rigour, with specialist teaching in art, music, drama and sport running throughout. Impressively, 100 per cent of parents and pupils recently reported that children feel happy and safe — a statistic St Peter's is rightly proud of.
Winchester House School
Winchester House School offers a traditional yet forward-thinking education for children aged 3-13, set across eighteen acres in the attractive market town of Brackley. Centred on an early nineteenth-century Manor House, the school blends day places with weekly and flexi boarding from Year 3, and pairs strong academics with a notably broad sporting offer - from polo and skiing to squash and badminton. Music thrives here too, with six choirs, an orchestra and fourteen instrumental ensembles giving every child a stage to shine on. As a member of the Stowe Group, Winchester House combines heritage with genuine ambition for every pupil.
Senior Schools
Bosworth Independent School
Northampton High School GDST
Northampton High School GDST
Founded in 1977 as a small tutorial college, Bosworth Independent School has grown into a thriving, proudly international day and boarding school in the heart of Northampton, welcoming pupils from Year 7 through Sixth Form. With around 240 pupils drawn from across the UK and the world, Bosworth's close-knit community ensures every studen
Founded in 1977 as a small tutorial college, Bosworth Independent School has grown into a thriving, proudly international day and boarding school in the heart of Northampton, welcoming pupils from Year 7 through Sixth Form. With around 240 pupils drawn from across the UK and the world, Bosworth's close-knit community ensures every student is known, supported and pushed towards their personal best. Strong university preparation underpins the Sixth Form experience, with 83 per cent of recent leavers receiving Russell Group offers. Bosworth combines academic rigour with genuine warmth - a school where individuality is never lost among numbers.
Northampton High School GDST
Northampton High School GDST
Northampton High School GDST
Northampton High School has been the heartbeat of girls' education in the county since 1878, offering an inspiring, all-through curriculum for pupils aged 2-18 on its 27-acre Hardingstone site. As part of the Girls' Day School Trust - the UK's largest network of independent girls' schools - Northampton High combines heritage with a genui
Northampton High School has been the heartbeat of girls' education in the county since 1878, offering an inspiring, all-through curriculum for pupils aged 2-18 on its 27-acre Hardingstone site. As part of the Girls' Day School Trust - the UK's largest network of independent girls' schools - Northampton High combines heritage with a genuinely forward-thinking "10% braver" philosophy, encouraging girls to step outside their comfort zones. Facilities include a 25-metre pool, dedicated Forest School and a purpose-built performance theatre. Shortlisted for Independent Girls' School of the Year in 2025, it continues to shape confident, open-minded young women.
Oundle School
Northampton High School GDST
Overstone Park School
Founded in 1556 by Sir William Laxton and governed ever since by the Worshipful Company of Grocers, Oundle School is England's third-largest boarding school, educating over 1,100 pupils aged 11-18 across the historic market town it calls home. Pupils and staff share the streets of Oundle daily, giving the school an unusually close relati
Founded in 1556 by Sir William Laxton and governed ever since by the Worshipful Company of Grocers, Oundle School is England's third-largest boarding school, educating over 1,100 pupils aged 11-18 across the historic market town it calls home. Pupils and staff share the streets of Oundle daily, giving the school an unusually close relationship with its town. Facilities span the 264-seat Stahl Theatre to the state-of-the-art SciTec Centre, while the largest school Combined Cadet Force in the country sits alongside a strong tradition in rugby, hockey and rowing. Oundle produces grounded, quietly ambitious young adults who value substance over show.
Overstone Park School
Overstone Park School
Overstone Park School
Founded in 1983 by husband and wife Corville and Marion Brown, Overstone Park School offers a genuinely individual, non-selective education for pupils aged 3 months-18, set within the beautiful 340-acre Overstone Park near Northampton. With small class sizes and a Christian foundation, the school places mutual respect and strong safeguar
Founded in 1983 by husband and wife Corville and Marion Brown, Overstone Park School offers a genuinely individual, non-selective education for pupils aged 3 months-18, set within the beautiful 340-acre Overstone Park near Northampton. With small class sizes and a Christian foundation, the school places mutual respect and strong safeguarding at the heart of daily life, alongside dedicated support for pupils' mental health and wellbeing. Its playing fields, stables and farmland offer space rarely found so close to a major town. Overstone Park's own motto says it best: "Where convention ends, curiosity begins."
Quinton House School
Overstone Park School
Wellingborough School
Set within the Grade I listed Upton Hall on the western edge of Northampton, Quinton House School has educated pupils aged 2-18 since first opening as Upton Hall School in 1946. Now part of the Blenheim Schools Group, Quinton House pairs 31 acres of historic grounds with a contemporary teaching and sports centre, offering everything from
Set within the Grade I listed Upton Hall on the western edge of Northampton, Quinton House School has educated pupils aged 2-18 since first opening as Upton Hall School in 1946. Now part of the Blenheim Schools Group, Quinton House pairs 31 acres of historic grounds with a contemporary teaching and sports centre, offering everything from Forest School to a triple-language programme spanning Spanish, French and German. Small class sizes and close pastoral care sit at the heart of the Quinton House ethos, helping every child build the confidence and love of learning that carries them through to Sixth Form.
Wellingborough School
Overstone Park School
Wellingborough School
Founded in 1595, Wellingborough School is one of the oldest schools in the country, offering a genuinely all-through, co-educational day education for pupils aged 3-18 across its 45-acre Northamptonshire site. Girls first joined in 1970, and the school's motto, "Salus in Arduis" - fulfilment through challenge - still defines its ambition
Founded in 1595, Wellingborough School is one of the oldest schools in the country, offering a genuinely all-through, co-educational day education for pupils aged 3-18 across its 45-acre Northamptonshire site. Girls first joined in 1970, and the school's motto, "Salus in Arduis" - fulfilment through challenge - still defines its ambition today. Wellingborough's long history includes the arrival of evacuee pupils during the Second World War and a proud roll of distinguished alumni, from decorated RAF pilots to Colditz escapees. Today, its values of resilience, responsibility and respect continue to shape a warm, family-spirited school community