South End Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Rushden, North Northamptonshire
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.
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Key facts
- Address
- Wymington Road, Rushden, NN10 9JU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as North Northamptonshire published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
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