Higham Ferrers Junior School
Saffron Road, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, NN10 8ED
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by Higham Ferrers Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Bull
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 321
- URN
- 121828
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
About this school
Higham Ferrers Junior School was a community primary school in Rushden. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 321 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Higham Ferrers Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 86 | 84 | 83 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 62% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 7% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 71% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 74% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 57% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Higham Ferrers Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Northamptonshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 57.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 58.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 336 |
| 2023/24 | 321 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Higham Ferrers Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 5.1% | 24.3% | 321 | — |
| Higham Ferrers Junior School | — | 4.3% | 23.2% | 322 | 0.0 miles |
| Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School | — | 4.8% | 19.3% | 255 | 0.1 miles |
| Henry Chichele Primary School | 62% | 4.5% | 7% | 341 | 0.5 miles |
| Denfield Park Primary School | 49% | 5.2% | 19.9% | 444 | 0.8 miles |
| Alfred Lord Tennyson School | 50% | 5.3% | 30.8% | 147 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.3%
- English as an additional language
- 5.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.1%
- Persistent absence
- 8.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Higham Ferrers Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Rushden
-
Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Rushden
-
Henry Chichele Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Higham Ferrers
-
Denfield Park Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rushden
-
Alfred Lord Tennyson School1.1 miles
Primary · Rushden
Other schools in Rushden
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School Primary
- Denfield Park Primary School Primary
- Higham Ferrers Junior School Primary
- Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Newton Road School Primary
- Rushden Primary Academy Primary
- South End Infant School Primary
- South End Junior School Primary
- St Lawrence Church of England Primary School Primary
- Whitefriars Primary School Primary
- Rushden Academy Secondary
- The Ferrers School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Higham Ferrers Junior School teach?
- Higham Ferrers Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Rushden.
- Has Higham Ferrers Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Higham Ferrers Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Higham Ferrers Junior School?
- Higham Ferrers Junior School had 321 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Higham Ferrers Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Higham Ferrers Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Higham Ferrers Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 October 2024.