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Rushden Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Hayway, Rushden NN10 6AG · rushden-academy.net · 01933 350391
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.6
- average Attainment 8 score. North Northamptonshire 42.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · North Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 961
- 74% of 1,295 places
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.9%
- First language not English
- 12.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Tove Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: North Northamptonshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 173 families put the school first and 175 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 175 | 173 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 173 | 190 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 179 | 161 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 149 | 108 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 150 | 128 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.6, and 27.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Northamptonshire it was 42.9, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (23.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼27.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼57.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼13.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.39 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139013)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 31 | −13.7 |
| Sixth form college | 0.6 | — |
| Further education | 43.2 | +10.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.9 | +2.1 |
| Employment | 2.6 | −2.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.5 | +1.2 |
| Activity not captured | 5.2 | +2.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 students | D+ (23.9) | Well below average -0.82 | |
| 47 students | D+ (24) | Well below average -0.81 | |
| 32 students | Merit+ (28.8) | Below average -0.35 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 27 | C (28.8) | -0.49 |
| 2022/23 | 34 | D+ (24.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 23 | C (31.1) | — |
| 2018/19 | 42 | D+ (25) | -0.10 |
| 2017/18 | 49 | C- (27.9) | -0.24 |
| 2016/17 | 35 | C- (28) | +0.25 |
| 2015/16 | 46 | C- (27.1) | +0.17 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 47.2 | +15.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.8 | −11.2 |
| Employment | 25 | −11 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 19.4 | +11.4 |
| Activity not captured | 5.6 | +1.6 |
Ofsted
Rushden Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jul 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139013), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139013)
Apr 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139013)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 58
- 7% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (34%) with SEND