Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Rushden, North Northamptonshire·NN10 8BQ

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

70 first choices, 71 places

First choices per place

0.99

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

121

any preference, for 71 places

Every child who put Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 240
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

19.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

7.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

8.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,670

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Higham Ferrers Junior School Rushden · 0.2 mi 46.0 Henry Chichele Primary School Higham Ferrers · 0.5 mi 45.0 Denfield Park Primary School Rushden · 0.9 mi 31.8 Alfred Lord Tennyson School Rushden · 1.1 mi 38.3 Newton Road School Rushden · 1.2 mi 29.5 Irthlingborough Junior School Wellingborough · 1.6 mi 40.6 Whitefriars Primary School Rushden · 1.6 mi 48.3 South End Junior School Rushden · 1.8 mi 51.3

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School is a primary school serving Rushden, North Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 240 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll.

Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 70 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.