Living in Rushden with children
Rushden, North Northamptonshire and Bedford. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 31,689 people in 13,568 households; 28.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
12 schools: 10 state primary, 2 state secondaryRushden on the schools map →Every school in Rushden, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (10)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| South End Junior School | School remains Good | Top 23% (22/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Higham Ferrers Junior School | Requires improvement | Top 28% (26/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 22% (11/52) in Bedford | — |
| Rushden Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top 41% (39/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Whitefriars Primary School | Good | Top 48% (46/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Alfred Lord Tennyson School | Requires improvement | (78/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Denfield Park Primary School | Good | (81/96) in North Northamptonshire | 0.436 miles (2026) |
| Newton Road School | Requires improvement | (92/96) in North Northamptonshire | — |
| Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School | School remains Good | — | — |
| South End Infant School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushden Academy | Good | (13/19) in North Northamptonshire | 0.17 miles (2025) |
| The Ferrers School | Ofsted report card | (15/19) in North Northamptonshire | 1.172 miles (2024) |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (95 detached, 134 semi-detached, 108 terraced, 50 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Rushden. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Rushden →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 98% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 100%, on average across the 783 postcodes in NN10. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 3 outstanding; 6 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 9 in North Northamptonshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, North Northamptonshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: North Northamptonshire · Bedford.
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