The Ferrers School
Queensway, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, NN10 8LF
Local ranking13th of 19 secondary schools in North Northamptonshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 26.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.3%
- Entering EBacc
- 46.3%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 147
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 55.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.0
Avg Points/Entry
32.8
Best 3 A-Levels
52
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.7%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 93
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 940
- Boys
- 472 (50%)
- Girls
- 468 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (85% full)
- SEND
- 6.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.1%
- EAL
- 3.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 3.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,122/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 84.4%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.1%
- Black Caribbean: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
84.4%
White British
2.7%
White Other
2.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139988
- UKPRN
- 10042617
- Establishment No.
- 4094
- Trust
- MERIDIAN TRUST