Highfield Nursery School
Nursery · Wellingborough · NN8 4AB
Data updated
Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists
Ofsted graded this school Good in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Improved significantly”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.
Inspected 12 March 2019
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73 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 2–5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 63.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 11% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.ffcnschools.com
- URN
- 121784
In figures
The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2019. It had 73 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Any other White background 30% (North Northamptonshire 12%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 14% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 14% (North Northamptonshire 6%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 10% (North Northamptonshire 3%, England 4%) · White British 10% (North Northamptonshire 65%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (North Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 4% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 3% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 3% (North Northamptonshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (North Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (North Northamptonshire 0%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Staffing
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 67% (79%) · premises 3% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (5%) · supplies and services 26% (8%) · educational supplies 1% (2%) · bought-in professional services 24% (3%) · catering 0% (0%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve -£93,176; in-year balance -£22,171
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 23 April 2025: Improved significantly
- 12 March 2019: Good
- 6 March 2018: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 27.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 23.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 22.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 16.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 49.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 58.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 11.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 29.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 12.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 17.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 11.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 23.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027316 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £195,000367 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £167,000–£255,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 18an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 5an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted