Rushden Academy

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 Community College in 2005 and as Rushden Academy in 2014.

Email: info@rushden-academy.net
Type: School
Description: school in Northamptonshire, UK
Also known as: “Chichele College for Girls”, “Rushden Community College”, and “The Rushden School”
Address: Hayway, Rushden, NN10 6AG

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rushden Transport Museum and Higham Ferrers Pits.

Rushden Transport Museum

Museum

The Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway is a branch line heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the town of Rushden in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Rushden Transport Museum is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Rushden Academy.

Higham Ferrers Pits

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Higham Ferrers Pits is a 10 hectare nature reserve Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Ditchford Lakes and Meadows

Nature reserve

Photo: Forester2009, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ditchford Lakes and Meadows is a 31.1-hectare nature reserve Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Higham Ferrers and Irthlingborough.

Higham Ferrers

Town

Photo: M15ste, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Higham Ferrers is a market town and civil parish in the Nene Valley in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders.

Irthlingborough

Town

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Irthlingborough is a town on the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England. As of 2021, it has a population of 9,325, and was at one point the smallest town in England to have had a Football League team, Rushden & Diamonds F.C. Irthlingborough is situated 2 miles north of Rushden Academy.

Irchester

Village

Photo: Kokai, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Irchester is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, two miles south-east of Wellingborough and two miles south-west of Rushden. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 5,706 and estimated in 2019 at 5,767. Irchester is situated 2 miles southwest of Rushden Academy.