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Whitefriars Primary School

Community school · Rushden · NN10 9HX

Ages 5–11 · 411 pupils · North Northamptonshire

KS2 expected (RWM)

69%

Overall absence

4.6%

Admissions demand

1.00 · Balanced demand

Performance

Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.

Key stage 2 (2023/24)

Expected standard (RWM)69%
Higher standard (RWM)14%
Avg scaled score — reading
106.0
Avg scaled score — maths
106.0
Avg scaled score — GPS
107.0

Source: DfE school and college performance tables

Absence

Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.

Overall absence4.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.0%
Unauthorised1.1%
Authorised absence
3.5%
Severe absence (50%+)
2.2%
Enrolments in measure
367

Absence trend

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

  • Overall
  • Persistent (10%+)

Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England

Admissions demand

Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.

Demand ratio

1.00 · Balanced demand

1st preferences

43

Places offered

43

1st-preference offers

43

Total preferences (any rank)
88
Preferred offers (top 3)
43
Applications from outside LA
0
Offers to outside-LA applicants
0

Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.

Size & intake

From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).

Capacity fill98%

411 pupils · 420 places

Pupils on roll
411
Boys / girls
210 / 201
School capacity
420
Capacity fill
411 / 420 (98%)
Free school meals
22.4%
FSM pupils
92
Gender
Mixed
School type
Community school

Age range

Ages 5–11

05111619

Provision

Official GIAS characteristics

0 / 6

  • Nursery
  • Sixth form
  • Boarding
  • Special school
  • Independent
  • Academy

School characteristics

Special classes
No Special Classes
Governance
Community school
Headteacher
Ms Lucy Burman

Location

Address
Boughton Drive
Postcode
NN10 9HX
Town
Rushden
County
Northamptonshire
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
District
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Wellingborough and Rushden
Urban/rural
(England/Wales) Urban city and town

Local context

How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.

Mixed community school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Rushden, North Northamptonshire, 411 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 22.4%.

Open schools in Rushden
12
Primary schools in Rushden
10
Academies among open schools in Rushden
58% (7)
Open schools in NN10
14
Primary in NN10
11
Open schools in North Northamptonshire LA
154
Primary in North Northamptonshire LA
111

Nearby primary schools

Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.

Compare with theseAll in RushdenNear NN10

  • Whitefriars Primary School

    Ofsted: Good

    Academy converter · Primary

    Rushden · NN10 9HX · North Northamptonshire

    Ages 5–11

    • FSM23.2%

    0.0 miles away

  • South End Infant School

    Ofsted: Good

    Community school · Primary

    Rushden · NN10 9JU · North Northamptonshire

    Ages 4–7

    • Absence4.4%
    • FSM14.9%
    • Demand1.00

    0.5 miles away

  • South End Junior School

    Ofsted: School remains Good

    Community school · Primary

    Rushden · NN10 9JU · North Northamptonshire

    Ages 7–11

    • KS268%
    • Absence4.8%
    • FSM22.2%

    0.5 miles away

  • Alfred Lord Tennyson School

    Ofsted: Not judged

    Community school · Primary

    Rushden · NN10 9YS · North Northamptonshire

    Ages 3–11

    • KS242%
    • Absence7.8%
    • FSM29.3%
    • Demand1.00

    0.6 miles away

  • Newton Road School

    Ofsted: Not judged

    Academy sponsor led · Primary

    Rushden · NN10 0HH · North Northamptonshire

    Ages 4–11

    • KS228%
    • Absence7.8%
    • FSM40.3%
    • Demand1.00

    0.9 miles away

  • Denfield Park Primary School

    Ofsted: Good

    Community school · Primary

    Rushden · NN10 0DA · North Northamptonshire

    Ages 3–11

    • KS259%
    • Absence5.2%
    • FSM15.8%
    • Demand1.00

    1.0 miles away

  • Rushden Primary Academy

    Ofsted: School remains Good

    Academy sponsor led · Primary

    Rushden · NN10 0YX · North Northamptonshire

    Ages 4–11

    • KS267%
    • Absence4.9%
    • FSM12.6%
    • Demand1.00

    1.0 miles away

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Contact

Headteacher
Ms Lucy Burman

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