Higham Ferrers Junior School
Primary school in Rushden, North Northamptonshire. Requires improvement (Jan 2023).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 24 January 2023, report published 9 March 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Higham Ferrers Junior School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Higham Ferrers Junior School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| 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 July 2025
The last inspection was in January 2023. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. 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 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- Under 0.1 milesHigham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School
School remains Good (Feb 2020)
- 0.5 milesHenry Chichele Primary School
Report card, Dec 2025: 2 expected, 5 needs attention
- 0.8 milesDenfield Park Primary School
Good (Feb 2023)
- 1.1 milesAlfred Lord Tennyson School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Oct 2024)
- 1.2 milesNewton Road School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jan 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.