Alfred Lord Tennyson School
Alfred Street, Rushden, NN10 9YS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kelly O'Connor
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 147
- URN
- 121857
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01933353762
About this school
Alfred Lord Tennyson School is a community primary school in Rushden. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 147 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Alfred Lord Tennyson School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 24 | 20 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 42% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 58% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 54% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 71% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - | - |
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 Alfred Lord Tennyson 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 | 48% | 57.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 58.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 81 |
| 2023/24 | 147 |
| 2024/25 | 154 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Alfred Lord Tennyson School compares
Alfred Lord Tennyson School ranked 74th of 91 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 5.3% | 30.8% | 147 | — |
| Denfield Park Primary School | 49% | 5.2% | 19.9% | 444 | 0.4 miles |
| Newton Road School | 40% | 6.6% | 40.7% | 196 | 0.4 miles |
| South End Infant School | — | 4.9% | 18.2% | 195 | 0.6 miles |
| Whitefriars Primary School | — | 4% | 23.5% | 397 | 0.6 miles |
| South End Junior School | 70% | 4.4% | 20.5% | 338 | 0.7 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.82%
- English as an additional language
- 35.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.34%
- Persistent absence
- 15.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Denfield Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rushden
-
Newton Road School0.4 miles
Primary · Rushden
-
South End Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Rushden
-
Whitefriars Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Rushden
-
South End Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Rushden
Other schools in Rushden
Alfred Lord Tennyson School ranks 4th of the 6 ranked primary schools in Rushden.
- 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 Alfred Lord Tennyson School teach?
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Rushden.
- Who is the headteacher of Alfred Lord Tennyson School?
- The headteacher of Alfred Lord Tennyson School is Mrs Kelly O'Connor, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Alfred Lord Tennyson School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Alfred Lord Tennyson School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Alfred Lord Tennyson School?
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School has 147 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Alfred Lord Tennyson School full?
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School has capacity for 210 pupils and 147 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Alfred Lord Tennyson School a faith school?
- No. Alfred Lord Tennyson School has no designated religious character.
- Does Alfred Lord Tennyson School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Alfred Lord Tennyson School as having nursery classes.
- How have Alfred Lord Tennyson School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Alfred Lord Tennyson School compare with other schools in North Northamptonshire?
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School ranked 74th of 91 primary schools in North Northamptonshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Alfred Lord Tennyson School's absence rate?
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Alfred Lord Tennyson School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Alfred Lord Tennyson 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 30 June 2026.