Academy converter · North Northamptonshire

Whitefriars Primary School

5–11Ages
397Pupils
PrimaryPhase
151247URN

Boughton Drive, Rushden, NN10 9HX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

close to North Northamptonshire median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Northamptonshire

91 applications for 46 places · 50th of 83 in North Northamptonshire

Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 1 February 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

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

2.0applications per place, Reception

close to North Northamptonshire median (2.1) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

91 applications · 46 places offered · 44 named it first

2026 2.0; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
2025 1.8; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
2024 2.1; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
2023 2.1; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
2022 2.0; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
2021 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
2020 2.0; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
2019 2.0; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
2018 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
2017 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
2016 2.3; North Northamptonshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 2.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 2.6; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1; as the previous school

This school
North Northamptonshire median

Dashed bars: as Whitefriars Primary School (URN 121909), Whitefriars Junior School (URN 121904), the previous school.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	46	91	2.0	44	0.96
Sep 2025	45	82	1.8	40	0.89
Sep 2024 *	43	88	2.1	43	1.00
Sep 2023 *	51	105	2.1	51	1.00
Sep 2022 *	59	120	2.0	64	1.08
Sep 2021 *	50	112	2.2	45	0.90
Sep 2020 *	58	117	2.0	69	1.19
Sep 2019 *	56	111	2.0	49	0.88
Sep 2018 *	59	130	2.2	58	0.98
Sep 2017 *	60	131	2.2	59	0.98
Sep 2016 *	55	128	2.3	52	0.95
Sep 2015 *	59	153	2.6	52	0.88
Sep 2014 *	59	152	2.6	66	1.12

Schools nearby

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

Whitefriars Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

2.0applications per place
South End Infant School
0.8 km · North Northamptonshire

Good2023

2.2applications per place
South End Junior School
0.8 km · North Northamptonshire

Remains Good2023

70%met the SATs standard
Alfred Lord Tennyson School
1.0 km · North Northamptonshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Newton Road School
1.4 km · North Northamptonshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.2applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
Denfield Park Primary School
1.5 km · North Northamptonshire

Good2023

2.3applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School
1.7 km · Bedford

2026

2.0applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Rushden Primary Academy
1.7 km · North Northamptonshire

Remains Good2024

2.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Irchester Community Primary School
2.6 km · North Northamptonshire

Remains Good2023

1.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard

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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: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 151247 · 940/2155
Trust: Tove Learning Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 397 on roll
Free school meals: 23.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 December 2024
Replaced: Whitefriars Primary School (URN 121909); Whitefriars Junior School (URN 121904)
Address: Boughton Drive, Rushden, NN10 9HX
Local authority: North Northamptonshire

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