Primary school

Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 3–7
  • Mixed
  • North Northamptonshire
  • NN10 8BQ
Ofsted Good · inspected Sep 2010

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Results · 2024/25

England rank: Not ranked for 2024/25: no published figure for this school

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWMNot enough data · East Midlands 63No results published for 2024/25
Higher standard, RWMNot enough data · East Midlands 6No results published for 2024/25
Reading scoreNot enough data · East Midlands 105No results published for 2024/25
Maths scoreNot enough data · East Midlands 104No results published for 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
70 of 70 who put it first2022 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7070
2nd311
3rd200

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2020

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  4. 2020Remains Goodas predecessor

29 strong areas

  • Pupils' attainment
  • Pupils' attendance
  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Early years provision
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils
  • The extent to which pupils feel safe
  • The use of assessment to support learning
  • The effectiveness of safeguarding procedures
  • Outcomes for individuals and groups of pupils
  • The effectiveness of care, guidance and support
  • The school's capacity for sustained improvement
  • The quality of pupils' learning and their progress
  • The extent to which pupils adopt healthy lifestyles
  • The leadership and management of teaching and learning
  • Outcomes for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • The quality of provision in the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • The effectiveness of the school's engagement with parents and carers
  • The effectiveness of partnerships in promoting learning and well-being
  • The extent of pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
  • The extent to which pupils contribute to the school and wider community
  • The effectiveness of leadership and management of the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • The effectiveness with which the school deploys resources to achieve value for money
  • The effectiveness with which the school promotes equality of opportunity and tackles discrimination
  • The extent to which the curriculum meets pupils' needs, including, where relevant, through partnerships
  • The quality of learning for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their progress
  • The extent to which pupils develop workplace and other skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being
  • The effectiveness of the governing body in challenging and supporting the school so that weaknesses are tackled decisively...

1 weak areas

  • The effectiveness with which the school promotes community cohesion

30 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026255
Free school meals (past 6 years)19.3%
First language not English7.9%
SEN support8.8%
EHC plan2.1%
Absence (sessions missed)4.8%
Persistently absent pupils11.0%

Girls 55.4%Boys 44.6%

94.4% full · 270 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher23.5
Pupils per adult12.4
  • Classroom teachers 8.4
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 9
  • Other support 7.8

Teachers 10.4 FTE · Whole workforce 27.2 · 51 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 10 months.

  • +£222,000revenue reserve
  • +£40,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: LEARNING FOR LIFE EDUCATION TRUST (6 academies) · trust reserve £1,321,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it