SchoolScoresSchools in Rushden
All 12 schools in Rushden: 10 state primary schools and 2 state secondary schools, with Ofsted inspections, results and admissions dates.
Best primary schools in Rushden
Council admissions: Bedford, North Northamptonshire.
Primary schools (10) · Secondary schools (2)
Primary schools
10 schools.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 50% met expected standard (KS2)
- Denfield Park Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 49% met expected standard (KS2)
- Higham Ferrers Junior School Academy · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2023, before conversion) · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2010, before conversion), confirmed 2020
- Newton Road School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 40% met expected standard (KS2)
- Rushden Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2024 · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- South End Infant School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- South End Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2023 · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Lawrence CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Whitefriars Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022, before conversion) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
Secondary schools
2 schools.
- Rushden Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 27% grade 5+ English and maths
- The Ferrers School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 expected, 3 needs attention · 27% grade 5+ English and maths
Page updated 26 September 2026.