Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

North NorthamptonshireLocal Authority

Wellingborough and RushdenConstituency

NN10 8BQPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 255 pupils. Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School is part of LEARNING FOR LIFE EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2011

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

255

Total Pupils

44%Boys

56%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 255
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: LEARNING FOR LIFE EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
16 Feb 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.