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South End Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 195Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 121861URN

Wymington Road, Rushden, NN10 9JU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
close to North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Northamptonshire

121 applications for 54 places · 31st of 83 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
close to North Northamptonshire median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

121 applications · 54 places offered · 51 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.0; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.4; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.2
  12. 2015 2.4; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 2.4; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the North Northamptonshire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026541212.2510.94
Sep 2025531242.3500.94
Sep 2024631262.0620.98
Sep 2023651402.2651.00
Sep 2022811491.8750.93
Sep 2021881932.2860.98
Sep 2020781602.1650.83
Sep 2019882052.3931.06
Sep 2018801902.4760.95
Sep 2017881872.1911.03
Sep 2016861982.3780.91
Sep 2015872082.4971.11
Sep 2014902152.4901.00

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
121861 · 940/2086
Capacity
270 pupils · 195 on roll
Free school meals
14.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Wymington Road, Rushden, NN10 9JU
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources