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Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Wharf Road, Higham Ferrers, Rushden NN10 8BQ · highamferrers-inf.northants.sch.uk · 01933 312904
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2020
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · North Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 255
- 94% of 270 places
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 15.8%
- First language not English
- 5.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: North Northamptonshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 70 families put the school first and 71 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 71 | 70 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 74 | 71 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 67 | 63 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 February 2020, Ofsted’s outcome for Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2020
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121899)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2010
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121899), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121899)
Oct 2007Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121899)