South End Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · 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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South End Infant School is a primary school in Rushden, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
South End Infant 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 68 of the 96 other North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 51 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 14.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.2% 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
- Wymington Road, Rushden, NN10 9JU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “South End Infant School is a happy place.”
- “As one parent typically stated: ‘This is a school that really cares about its pupils.”
- “Pupils ‘skip’ to lessons and have really positive attitudes to their learning.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, this progress is not yet manifest in the school’s current end of key stage 1 published data.”
- “In a few subjects, the checks on what pupils know and remember are not well established.”
- “Referencing of prior teaching and making strong links between previous learning is not yet routine.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 51 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 51 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.
- South End Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Whitefriars Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rushden Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newton Road School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Denfield Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Higham Ferrers Junior School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published