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Chelveston Road School

Special schoolAges 11–18Free schoolSixth form

Higham Ferrers, NN10 8HN · North Northamptonshire local authority

Higham Ferrers’s School Grade C better than 26% of towns in England

How full
144 pupils
99% of its 145 places
Free school meals
49%
49 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Chelveston Road School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 49% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, October 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NN10 8) sold for a median £270,000; Higham Ferrers’s is £270,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

117 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 38%Boys 62%
Its letter

No letter for Chelveston Road School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, October 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Chelveston Road School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NN10 8, the school’s postcode sector

Higham Ferrers property prices →
£270,000
median sale, 355 sales in 36 months · Higham Ferrers £270,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025NN10 8Higham Ferrers
NN10 8Higham Ferrers

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£395K
Semi-detached
£256K
Terraced
£235K
Flat
£159K
NN10 8Higham Ferrers

Homes in NN10 8 sell for about the same as Higham Ferrers’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDCC−DD−C−BChelveston Road School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Higham Ferrers, NN10 8HN

Chelveston Road School: common questions

What is Chelveston Road School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (October 2023).

How much do houses cost near Chelveston Road School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NN10 8, sold for a median £270,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (355 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Higham Ferrers’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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