Spotlight News

6/Nov/2024

Northants and England Cricketer David Willey visits Academy

David delivered an insightful talk about his career to our Elite Sports Students

29/Oct/2024

Dozens Turn Out For Sports Leader Auditions

Sports Leaders Team hold an 'Open Audition' Session to recruit new members

3/Jul/2024

Students Learn How Sport Science is Applied to Enhance an Athlete's Performance

On Tuesday, Northampton Academy's students from Years 9 & 10 were invited to the University of Bedford.

8/May/2024

Young Athletes Through to County Championships

This past week, 32 young athletes from Northampton Academy participated in the Annual Northampton Schools Athletics Championships held at Rockingham Triangle Corby.

30/Apr/2024

Sports Leaders Host Their Final Festival of the Year

On Thursday, April 25th, we welcomed 300 Year 3 Primary School students from across our cluster to Northampton Academy for our final Multisport Festival of the Year.

19/Mar/2024

William Takes the Podium at the NTGA Trampoline Competition

Congratulations to William for his excellent performance at the NTGA schools trampoline competition on Friday, March 15th.

8/Mar/2024

Town Table Tennis Champions!

On Thursday, March 7th, our Year 8 and 9 Table Tennis teams participated in the Northampton Town Team Table Tennis Championships at The Duston School.

16/Jan/2024

Project Rugby Festival at Franklins Gardens

On Friday, 12th January, the Year 7 & 8 boys' Rugby team attended Franklin's Gardens for a Project Rugby Festival.

16/Jan/2024

Sports Leaders welcome Sarah Harvey from Northamptonshire School Sport Partnership

On Wednesday, 13th December, a group of NA Sports Leaders welcomed Sarah Harvey from the ‘Northamptonshire School Sport Partnership’. Sarah led some specialist Boccia officiating training in preparation for leading and officiating at the Northampton Key Stage 2 inclusive Boccia Tournament in January. 

7/Nov/2023

A Close Call In Table Tennis Enrichment Club

In Enrichment Table Tennis Club this term, the students have played against each other in a live/online tournament. With hard-fought games played each session, the students were eager to find out their final positions in the ranking table. 

6/Oct/2023

Students Develop New Skills at Sports Festival

A group of students recently participated in a SEND Sports Festival at Northampton School For Girls

7/Jul/2023

Sports Leaders Lead Key Stage 2 Get Active Festival at Northamptonshire County Summer Games

As a result of their excellent Sports Leadership across the academic Year, the Year 9-13 Sports Leaders were invited to represent Team Northampton, Leading the KS2 ‘Get Active Festival’ at the Northamptonshire County Summer Games.

28/Jun/2023

World Champion Boxer Inspires Elite Students

Elite Sports students in Year 10 were visited former student and World Champion boxer, Chantelle Cameron.

13/Jun/2023

National Sports Week

13/Jun/2023

Rounders Team Place 2nd in Town Tournament

In June, a group of girls participated in the Year 9/10 Town Rounders Tournament at Northampton Academy.

12/May/2023

Students Qualify for County Athletics Championships

On Friday, 5^th May, our Yr 8-10 athletics teams headed to Corby Athletics Track to compete in the annual 'Northampton Town Athletics Championships'.

18/Apr/2023

'This Girl Can' week

Northampton Academy PE department will be hosting a ‘This Girl Can Week’ from Tuesday, 2^nd May to Friday, 5^th May.

28/Mar/2023

Students Meet Courtney Lawes at Project Rugby Festival

A group of students attended the Project Rugby festival at the Northampton Saints ground, Franklin's Gardens.

24/Mar/2023

Northampton Academy's First Ever SEND Sports Festival

10/Feb/2023

Sports Leaders Embark on their Level 1 Course

On Thursday, 9th February, the newest recruits to the Sports Leaders Team gathered together for their one-day training course towards achieving the National Level 1 qualification in Sports Leadership.