Whitefriars Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · 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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Whitefriars Primary School is a primary school in Rushden, North Northamptonshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Whitefriars 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 | 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 applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 68 of the 96 other North Northamptonshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 44 first-choice applications for 46 Reception 2026 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 22.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 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
- Boughton Drive, Rushden, NN10 9HX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 397 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 44 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 Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- South End Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Alfred Lord Tennyson School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newton Road School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Denfield Park Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Rushden Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Irchester Community Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Higham Ferrers Junior School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade