The Ferrers School is a

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secondary school and

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with academy status, located in

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 popula ...

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

, England, UK. The school was founded in 1980. It previously held specialist status as an Arts College, and changed its name to The Ferrers Specialist Arts College for a time. After converting to academy status in September 2013 the school changed its name to The Ferrers School. The headteacher is Angela Smith. There were approximately 930 students in Years 7 to 11 on the roll in the 2011-2012 academic year, plus around 160 students in the sixth form, which is shared with two other local schools. There are 77 teachers (full-time equivalent) and 54 support staff.

Feeder School

The school admits its

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pupils from Higham Ferrers Junior School and Henry Chichele Primary School, as well as numerous primary schools in surrounding villages, and from

Rushden Rushden is a market town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, around east of Northampton. The parish is on the border with Bedfordshire, north of Bedford. The parish of Rushden covers an area of some . The population of Rushde ...

Sixth form provision

The school does not produce enough sixth form students to make an independent sixth form viable, and so it is part of the

East Northamptonshire College The East Northamptonshire College or TENC for short is a consortium of secondary schools in East Northamptonshire that offer Post-16 education. Structure The Consortium consists of three secondary schools, Rushden Community College based in Rus ...

with two other local schools ( Huxlow Academy and

Rushden Community College Rushden Academy is an Academy school in Rushden, Northamptonshire, 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 Comm ...

Achievement

In an Ofsted report in 2015, the school was deemed to be providing a "Good" quality of education in all main areas (Leadership and management, behaviour and safety, quality of teaching ,and achievement of pupils). In the same year the school achieved results of 46% of students gaining at least 5 GCSEs at C grade or above including English and Mathematics. The percentage of students achieving 5+ GCSEs, including maths and English, was as follows: * 2012: 54% * 2013: 48% * 2014: 52% * 2015: 46%

School Shooting

In January 1988 Darren Fowler shot two teachers and two twelve year olds in the Higham Ferrers School shooting.

References

External links

School website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrers School Educational institutions established in 1980 Secondary schools in North Northamptonshire 1980 establishments in England Academies in North Northamptonshire