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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. There were 761 students in Years 7 to 13 on roll in the 2015-2016 college year, including the Sixth Form which is shared with two other local schools. There were 64 teachers and 17 teaching support staff.AchievementThe school was found to be inadequate by Ofsted during their last visit in July 2016 and was placed in special measures. In 2012 the college hit the headlines when it achieved a result of only 6% of students gaining 5 GCSEs including Mathematics and English at C grade or above, the worst results of any comprehensive school in the country. The then Principal, Mark Lester said this was due to students being entered for the wrong examinations.Percentage of students achieving 5+ GCSEs including Maths and English2011: 47%2012: 6% see note2013: 39% 2014: 40%2015: 37% NoteFeeder schoolsThe College gains over 95% of its Year 7 students from six local feeder schools. South Rushden: Whitefriars Junior and South End Junior North Rushden: Denfield Park Primary Central Rushden: Alfred Street Junior West Rushden: Newton Road Primary Higham Ferrers: Higham Ferrers JuniorSixth form provisionThe college's sixth form is part of the East Northamptonshire College with two other local schools (Huxlow Science College and The Ferrers School).

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