Revealed: The 20 Northamptonshire schools with the most pupil suspensions

Figures have been released by West Northamptonshire Council following a Freedom of Information request by this newspaper asking for details of schools with the highest numbers of fixed-period exclusions.

Malcolm Arnold Academy recorded the highest number of pupil suspensions among schools in West Northamptonshire, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.

The school recorded 1,182 suspensions across the two reporting periods covered by the figures.

Abbeyfield School had the second-highest number, with 1,102, followed by The Parker E-ACT Academy with 960.

A suspension, previously known as a fixed-period exclusion, is when a pupil is temporarily banned from attending school for a set number of days.

A suspension episode means one individual suspension. For example, if a pupil is suspended three separate times, this counts as three episodes. The figures are therefore not the number of individual pupils suspended.

The 20 schools with the most suspensions from September 2024 to August 2025

Malcolm Arnold Academy – 744 suspension episodes, involving 186 pupils, with 1,261 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

The Parker E-ACT Academy – 711 suspension episodes, involving 195 pupils, with 1,737 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

Abbeyfield School – 683 suspension episodes, involving 160 pupils, with 1,231 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 5.

Thomas Becket Catholic School – 593 suspension episodes, involving 171 pupils, with 750 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Kingsthorpe College – 463 suspension episodes, involving 167 pupils, with 767 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Caroline Chisholm School – 406 suspension episodes, involving 107 pupils, with 648 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Moulton School & Science College – 356 suspension episodes, involving 124 pupils, with 901 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Elizabeth Woodville School – 348 suspension episodes, involving 127 pupils, with 625 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

The Duston School – 317 suspension episodes, involving 154 pupils, with 726 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Campion School – 291 suspension episodes, involving 85 pupils, with 526 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Weston Favell Academy – 257 suspension episodes, involving 116 pupils, with 566 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Northampton International Academy – 241 suspension episodes, involving 130 pupils, with 683 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Danetre and Southbrook Learning Village – 220 suspension episodes, involving 67 pupils, with 331 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Guilsborough School Academy Trust – 193 suspension episodes, involving 83 pupils, with 444 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 6.

Sponne School Technology College – 164 suspension episodes, involving 73 pupils, with 443 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Northampton Academy – 158 suspension episodes, involving 57 pupils, with 412 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 5.

Magdalen College School – 147 suspension episodes, involving 69 pupils, with 319 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

The CE Academy – 138 suspension episodes, involving 84 pupils, with 161 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

The Gateway School – 121 suspension episodes, involving 36 pupils, with 208 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

Silverstone UTC – 118 suspension episodes, involving 37 pupils, with 366 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

The 20 schools with the most suspensions between September 2025 and March 2026

Malcolm Arnold Academy – 438 suspension episodes, involving 143 pupils, with 721 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Kingsthorpe College – 424 suspension episodes, involving 156 pupils, with 732 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Abbeyfield School – 419 suspension episodes, involving 115 pupils, with 687 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 8.

Thomas Becket Catholic School – 282 suspension episodes, involving 103 pupils, with 325 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

The Duston School – 257 suspension episodes, involving 122 pupils, with 633 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 8.

The Parker E-ACT Academy – 249 suspension episodes, involving 75 pupils, with 510 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 6.

Moulton School & Science College – 174 suspension episodes, involving 82 pupils, with 382 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

Campion School – 164 suspension episodes, involving 52 pupils, with 295 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Magdalen College School – 163 suspension episodes, involving 90 pupils, with 366 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

Weston Favell Academy – 160 suspension episodes, involving 70 pupils, with 376 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Elizabeth Woodville School – 141 suspension episodes, involving 72 pupils, with 207 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Northampton International Academy – 129 suspension episodes, involving 85 pupils, with 389 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

Guilsborough School Academy Trust – 119 suspension episodes, involving 54 pupils, with 261 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

Danetre and Southbrook Learning Village – 112 suspension episodes, involving 42 pupils, with 156 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

The Gateway School – 110 suspension episodes, involving 41 pupils, with 184 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

Northampton School for Girls – 83 suspension episodes, involving 29 pupils, with 122 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: 0.

Northampton Academy – 78 suspension episodes, involving 36 pupils, with 244 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Sponne School Technology College – 75 suspension episodes, involving 52 pupils, with 232 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

Caroline Chisholm School – 71 suspension episodes, involving 47 pupils, with 145 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

The Grange School Daventry – 57 suspension episodes, involving 18 pupils, with 92 school days lost. Permanent exclusions: fewer than five.

A separate Freedom of Information request also asked the council for details of permanent exclusions between May 15, 2025 and September 28, 2026.

Unlike a suspension, a permanent exclusion means a pupil is no longer allowed to attend their school.

The council recorded 122 permanent exclusion records across 38 schools and settings during this period.

Abbeyfield School recorded the highest number, with 18 permanent exclusions.

The Duston School recorded 17, followed by The Parker E-ACT Academy with nine and Campion School with seven.

Four other schools recorded five permanent exclusions each. These were Elizabeth Woodville School, Guilsborough Academy, Kingsthorpe College and Northampton International Academy.

The council withheld figures of fewer than five for other schools to protect pupil confidentiality.

The response also revealed that 13 permanent exclusions were subsequently rescinded following a review or appeal.

Fewer than five cases were referred to an Independent Review Panel, which considers challenges to permanent exclusion decisions.