Alfred Lord Tennyson School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Rushden, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Alfred Lord Tennyson School is a primary school in Rushden, North Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Alfred Lord Tennyson School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, with 15 first-choice applications for 17 offers; 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In Reception 2026, there were 0.9 first choices per offer, the 15th lowest of 96 North Northamptonshire primary schools.
- 29.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Alfred Street, Rushden, NN10 9YS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 147 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s ‘RESPECT’ values run consistently through this newly amalgamated school.”
- “Pupils do their utmost to do this, both in classrooms and around the school.”
- “The well-tailored support that adults provide enables pupils to behave well and work hard.”
To improve
- “However, there are some aspects of the curriculum and teaching that mean that pupils still do not benefit from a consistently good quality of education.”
- “However, this work is at an early stage of being put in place.”
- “It has not yet resulted in pupils consistently remembering what they have been taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 15 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 15 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Northamptonshire.
- Denfield Park Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Newton Road School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South End Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitefriars Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South End Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Rushden Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Higham Ferrers Junior School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published