Rushden Academy is an

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school in

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, which was founded in 1977. The school was formerly the Chichele College for Girls until 1991 when it was amalgamated to become The Rushden School, rebranding as the Rushden Community College in 2005 and as Rushden Academy in 2014. There were 784 students in Years 7 to 13 on roll in the 2018-2019 college year, including the Sixth Form which is shared with two other local schools.

Achievement

The school was found to be inadequate by

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during their last visit in July 2016 and was placed in

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Percentage of students achieving 5+ GCSEs including Maths and English

*2013: 39% *2014: 40% *2015: 37%

Progress 8 score

* 2016: -0.82 * 2017: -0.78 * 2018: -0.24 * 2019: -0.38

Feeder Schools

The College gains over 95% of its Year 7 students from ten local feeder schools. * South Rushden: Whitefriars Primary School, South End Junior School and Rushden Primary Academy * North Rushden: Denfield Park Primary School * Central Rushden: Alfred Street Junior School * West Rushden: Newton Road School *

Higham Ferrers Higham Ferrers is a market town and civil parish in the Nene Valley in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders. It forms a single built-up area with Rushden to the south and has an estimated populati ...

: Higham Ferrers Junior School and Henry Chichele Primary School *Village: St Lawrence VA Primary School and Christopher Reeves VA Primary School

Sixth form provision

The college's sixth form is part of the

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with two other local schools (

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and

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Academy Status

On 1 December 2012 the Rushden Community College became an academy with sponsorship through The Education Fellowship Trust based in

, with partners including

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and

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. In 2015 the Trust was told by the Department of Education that it must urgently improve students' achievement. In March 2017 The Education Fellowship gave up all 12 of its schools after financial problems and concerns regarding poor outcomes for pupils. On 1 May 2018 the Academy came under the control of the Tove Learning Trust.

References

External links

Rushden Community College websiteThe Education Fellowship Website
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