School admissions in Rushden
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Rushden in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Rushden first 319 times for 321 places: 0.99 first choices per place. One of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Denfield Park Primary School, to 0.44 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
8 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denfield Park Primary School | 1.17 | 60 | 0.436 miles |
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 11 | not published |
| Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School | 0.99 | 71 | not published |
| Whitefriars Primary School | 0.96 | 46 | not published |
| South End Infant School | 0.94 | 54 | not published |
| Newton Road School | 0.94 | 17 | not published |
| Rushden Primary Academy | 0.93 | 45 | not published |
| Alfred Lord Tennyson School | 0.88 | 17 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.