Rushden Academy
Secondary schoolRushden Academy is a secondary school in North Northamptonshire, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 961 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), September 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 September 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Rushden Academy was 42.1, against 43.3 in North Northamptonshire and 46.2 in England.
31.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | North Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.1 | 43.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31.7% | 40.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55.6% | 60.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 142 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Alfred Lord Tennyson SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Denfield Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 20201.1 km
- Higham Ferrers Junior SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), January 2023, before the school changed1.1 km
- The Ferrers SchoolSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 40.2 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Newton Road SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North Northamptonshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).