Rushden Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Rushden, NN10 6AG
- Distance
- 3.6km away
Huxlow Academy
Finedon Road, Irthlingborough, NN9 5TY
Local ranking17th of 20 secondary schools in North Northamptonshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
819
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 20 May 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Huxlow Science College (URN 138030) since 31 August 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 49.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 146
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Higher education
- 42.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 42.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
23.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
33
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 81
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 819
- Boys
- 402 (51%)
- Girls
- 381 (49%)
- Capacity
- 819 (96% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.8%
- EAL
- 7.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 13.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,239/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.9%
- White Other: 5.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Black Other: 1.1%
82.9%
White British
5.4%
White Other
2.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Finedon Road
Irthlingborough, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 149433
- UKPRN
- 10091325
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST
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