Denfield Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Rushden, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.436 miles
Published by North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Denfield Park Primary School is a primary school in Rushden, North Northamptonshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2023. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Denfield Park Primary 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 | 0.436 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception 2026 place offered went to a child living 0.436 miles away, 4th shortest of 25 North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.89 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers; all 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 49% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was 2nd lowest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire that have results.
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
- Victoria Road, Rushden, NN10 0DA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 444 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are happy.”
- “They show positive attitudes to learning.”
- “Teachers have high expectations of behaviour.”
To improve
- “Historically, too many pupils have not performed as well as they should in national tests in reading, writing and phonics.”
- “In some English lessons, teachers do not give pupils the time they need to practise their writing.”
- “Leaders have not yet planned well enough how to support pupils to develop their handwriting in key stage 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 2023 (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) | 49% | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Newton Road School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Higham Ferrers Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- South End Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitefriars Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South End Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Rushden Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published