The Ferrers School
| Established | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Jonathan Giles |
| Location | Queensway Higham Ferrers Northamptonshire NN10 8LF England  Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| DfE number | 928/4094 |
| DfE URN | 139988 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Staff | 135 |
| Students | 1097 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www |
The Ferrers School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, 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 current Head Teacher is Mr. Jonathan Giles. There were approximately 930 students in Years 7 to 11 on 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.[1]
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Feeder schools
The school admits its Year 7 pupils from Higham Ferrers Junior School and Henry Chichele Primary School, as well as numerous primary schools in surrounding villages, and from Rushden.[2]
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 with two other local schools (Huxlow Science College and Rushden Community College), as well as Prince William School in Oundle.[2]
Achievement
In an Ofsted report in 2015,[3] 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.[4]
Percentage of students achieving 5+ GCSEs including maths and English[4]
- 2012: 54%
- 2013: 48%
- 2014: 52%
- 2015: 46%
