Schools in Rushden
Rushden has 12 schools including 10 primaries and 2 secondaries, all coordinated by North Northamptonshire Council. The area's 12 schools average 86 per cent fill, and just one is oversubscribed — making primary places relatively accessible compared with many south-east towns of similar size.
Seven schools operate as academies with their own admissions arrangements. One school carries a Church of England designation. Six of the seven recently inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. North Northamptonshire publishes an annual admissions guide with catchment maps and last-distance-offered data from the previous cycle.
School demand in Rushden
Across the 12 schools in Rushden with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 86%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
1 school in Rushden has a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in its admissions policy.
7 of the schools in Rushden are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Bedford, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
7 of the schools in Rushden have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Rushden: 1 oversubscribed (10)
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Rushden · NN10 9LL
Alfred Lord Tennyson School
Primary · Community school
Rushden · NN10 9YS
South End Infant School
Primary · Community school
Rushden · NN10 9JU
South End Junior School
Primary · Community school
Rushden · NN10 9JU
Denfield Park Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rushden · NN10 0DA
Rushden Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Rushden · NN10 0YX
Newton Road School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Rushden · NN10 0HH
Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Rushden · NN10 8BQ
Whitefriars Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Rushden · NN10 9HX
Higham Ferrers Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Rushden · NN10 8ED
Secondary Schools in Rushden (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Rushden are set by Bedford and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.