Best Primary Schools in Rushden

We checked all 10 primary schools in Rushden, North Northamptonshire, and list every one: 6 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked
10
Ranked
6
Without a rank
4

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Rushden. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in North Northamptonshire. North Northamptonshire also has rankings for Kettering, Wellingborough and Corby.

Ranked primary schools in Rushden

  1. 1

    South End Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 338 pupils, inspected January 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    5%

  2. 2

    St Lawrence Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 123 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    0%

  3. 3

    Rushden Primary Academy

    Academy, 388 pupils, inspected June 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    7%

  4. 4

    Alfred Lord Tennyson School

    Local authority maintained, 147 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    5%

  5. 5

    Denfield Park Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 444 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    49%
    Higher standard
    0%

  6. 6

    Newton Road School

    Academy, 196 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    3%

Primary schools in Rushden without a rank