Primary schools in Rushden
10 primary schools in Rushden, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
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.
- Denfield Park Primary School
- Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School
- Rushden Primary Academy
- South End Infant School
- South End Junior School
- Whitefriars Primary School
- St Lawrence Church of England Primary School
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School
- Higham Ferrers Junior School
- Newton Road School
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