Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Rushden, NN10 8BQ
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Higham Ferrers Junior School
Saffron Road, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, NN10 8ED
Local ranking108th of 108 primary schools in North Northamptonshire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Primary
Phase
360
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 24 January 2023.
School history and status
Continues from Higham Ferrers Junior School (URN 121828) since 1 November 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 69.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 1.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 83
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 327
- Boys
- 153 (48%)
- Girls
- 169 (52%)
- Capacity
- 360 (89% full)
- SEND
- 11.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.2%
- EAL
- 6.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 9.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,162/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.9%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Other: 2.1%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Black Other: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- White Irish: 0.6%
85.9%
White British
4.6%
White Other
2.1%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Saffron Road
Rushden, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 151278
- UKPRN
- 10096350
- Establishment No.
- 2048
- Trust
- LEARNING FOR LIFE EDUCATION TRUST
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