Ruskin Infant School

Ruskin Avenue, Wellingborough, NN8 3EG

250 pupils · 79% of 318 capacity

Phase: Primary
Type: Academy converter
Ages: 2–7
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Trust: LION ACADEMY TRUST
Local authority: North Northamptonshire
Free school meals: 24.4%

Ofsted

Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 5 December 2023, published 30 January 2024. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
Entry	Places	1st preferences	Total preferences	Offers
Sept 2026 entry	53	52	74	53
Sept 2025 entry	53	49	72	51
Sept 2024 entry	42	40	58	42
Sept 2023 entry	31	29	49	30
Sept 2022 entry	38	35	66	38
Sept 2021 entry	42	40	66	41

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Ruskin Academy 0 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Olympic Primary 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 1 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Croyland Primary School 1.3 km · Good (2021) · previous system
Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy 1.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
St Barnabas Church of England School 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.