Spotlight News

10/May/2024

Nucleus VI Silverstone Interactive Experience

Nucleus VI Engineering students visited the Silverstone Museum to learn about engineering and F1 motor racing.

30/Apr/2024

Astro Learning at the National Space Centre

A group of Year 9 students travelled to the National Space Centre in Leicester this week to support their STEM learning.

30/Apr/2024

Cummins Factory Tour and Lego Launch

Year 7 Nucleus STEM students visited Cummins, a large engine factory in Daventry, as part of a project launch led by the University of Northampton in association with Cummins.

22/Apr/2024

Year 10 Visit South Africa

Over the Easter break, fifteen lucky STEM students went on a two-week trip to South Africa. The trip was fully funded by the UK government's Turing scheme, which provides funding for international education and training opportunities.

19/Apr/2024

Faraday Engineering Challenge

A group of Year 8 students participated in the IET Faraday^® Challenge Day on Thursday, 18th April. Students had the opportunity to become real-life engineers for a day by researching, designing, and building solutions to real engineering problems as part of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s IET Faraday^® Challenge Day.

15/Mar/2024

Girls Design Recycling Game at TechGirls Event

During British Science Week, the girls from 7S were invited to participate in an event hosted by TechGirls and Konika Minolta in Balisdon.

6/Mar/2024

Year 7 Astronomy Expert Inspires Primary School

Aston, a Year 7 student and author, visited Hunsbury Park Primary School to deliver a whole school assembly about his love for Astronomy. Along with his parents, Aston, who lives with ADHD and Autism, travelled to the school to share his inspiring journey with the children.

2/Feb/2024

Principal's Fortnightly Message 1st February 2024

It has been another brilliant fortnight at Northampton Academy with so much going on!

2/Feb/2024

Students Inspired at Omron Automation Centre

A group of STEM students from Year 10 and Year 12 recently had the opportunity to visit the Omron Automation Lab in Milton Keynes

19/Jan/2024

Principal's Fortnightly Message 19th January 2024

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been a brilliant start to the new term with lots going on already.

May I draw your attention to the Arbor Parent App that is now live and available to download at the link below?

There are five good reasons to download the Arbor Parent App.

23/Nov/2023

South Africa Project

A group of Year 10 students have been chosen to participate in a sports development project in South Africa in April 2024.

17/Nov/2023

Northampton Academy Scoops' STEM Team of the Year' award at Northamptonshire Education Awards

Students and staff at Northampton Academy are celebrating after being crowned 'STEM Team of the Year' at the Northamptonshire Education Awards. The awards ceremony, sponsored by All Things Business and hosted by TV Presenter Eamonn Holmes, took place at the Inn, County Cricket Ground, Northampton on Friday, 10^th November.

19/Oct/2023

Year 8 Engineering Trip to Silverstone Museum

Year 8 STEM students had the opportunity to visit the Silverstone Interactive Museum. 

11/Jul/2023

Year 10 Students Attend IRIS Conference

A group of Year 10 students attended an IRIS conference in London to showcase their research project on the effects of varying water sources on the growth and reproduction of common duckweed (lemniodeae).

11/Jul/2023

Bude Trip 2023

26/Jun/2023

Astro Aspiration for Year 9 on Space Centre Trip

Did you know that astronauts must exercise for two hours a day to prevent muscle atrophy due to the absence of gravity?

12/May/2023

Nucleus STEM Lecture - Engineering

In the STEM lecture, a man called Jonathan Keep, who is a mechanical engineer, leads an especially important project for the energy industry. He talked to us about how the government are working on a project called STEP.

30/Mar/2023

Mo Bobat Inspires Students

On Tuesday, 28th March, we were delighted to welcome Mo Bobat to Northampton Academy.

3/Feb/2023

Atlas Copco Visit Nucleus VI Engineering Students

We were delighted to welcome Victoria Gentry, Joanna Canton-Long and Sam Barber to school to give a presentation to our Year 12 Nucleus VI Engineering students.
 

14/Dec/2022

Year 8 STEM Silverstone Museum Visit

The day started with Year 8 STEM waiting in the school cafeteria, where Mrs Staff divided the large group into two, so we could separate ourselves for the minibus. When we sat down on the minibus, we smoothly made our way up to Silverstone - the trip took 30 minutes. We stayed in our groups and experienced two different activities when we arrived.