Whitefriars Primary School
Primary school in Rushden, North Northamptonshire. Good (Feb 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 1 February 2022, report published 27 March 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Whitefriars Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Whitefriars Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around February 2026
The last inspection was in February 2022. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.5 milesSouth End Infant School
Good (Nov 2023)
- 0.5 milesSouth End Junior School
School remains Good (Feb 2023)
- 0.6 milesAlfred Lord Tennyson School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Oct 2024)
- 0.9 milesNewton Road School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jan 2025)
- 1.0 milesDenfield Park Primary School
Good (Feb 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.