News Updates

Rushden Academy Working in Partnership with Northampton Police

17 Jul 2019

On Monday 15th July, Northamptonshire Police visited the school as part of a community safety drive and to also raise awareness of the seriousness of drugs. The police team also...

Year 12 English Literature Trip to Twelfth Night

16 Jul 2019

TENC Year 12 English Literature students are studying Twelfth Night for A Level and were fortunate that it was a play chosen by Stamford Shakespeare Companyy's to perform at their open...

Day Trip to France

15 Jul 2019

“A change is as good as a rest” they say and in trying to give all students of French and German at Rushden the opportunity to have a cultural experience...

Year 7-10 Rewards Trips

12 Jul 2019

Today, those students who had been invited on our rewards trips for their high attendance and good behaviour got to go to Thorpe Park, Paintballing, Box End or 10 pin...

Addams Family Update

12 Jul 2019

This week has been full of rehearsing, setting up, tech runs, organising costumes and final preparations for show week next week! The cast and crew have worked tremendously hard and...

Year 10 Business Dragons

12 Jul 2019

Congratulations to our Year 10 team who won second place in the Annual Business Dragons Competition. Well done all! Mr C Brotherston CEIAG Lead

Sports Day!

11 Jul 2019

They Ran, They Jumped, They Threw Wednesday saw the PE Department host the annual Rushden Academy Sports Day, with all students in years 7-10 involved in an extravaganza of track and...

Year 9 Art Visit to Pitt River Museum in Oxford

11 Jul 2019

Year 9 Art GCSE students went to Oxford on Tuesday to record and make observational drawings of the amazing cultural artefacts on display in the museum. They had a choice...

Exam Results Collection

11 Jul 2019

Exam Results will be available for collection from the Vocational Centre between 9am and 11am on the following dates. If you are unable to collect your results in person you...

Y12 Rushden Academy Students Win Local Rotary Youth Speaks Competition

09 Jul 2019

Every year, Rushden Chichele Rotary Club sponsors a public speaking competition for the three TENC schools; The Ferrers School, Huxlow Science College and Rushden Academy, and every year the young people...

Year 10 Geography Trip

09 Jul 2019

As part of paper 3 of the Geography GCSE course, pupils attend two field trips: one physical enquiry, and one human enquiry. Last week Mr Ross, Mr Duffell and Mr Bocking...

Transition Days

08 Jul 2019

Last week we welcomed the new cohort of Team Rushden for two days of induction. Students spent some time on the first day meeting their form tutor and getting to...

DofE Update

05 Jul 2019

Another weekend another Duke of Edinburgh expedition! This week we are back at Salcy Forest taking the 10km route along the Milton Keynes boundary way to Emberton country park for our...

Oxford University Open Day

05 Jul 2019

Over the last few weeks universities have opened their doors to prospective Year 12 students and their parents. Thursday July 4th was  the turn of Oxford University and a small...

Canteen Celebrates American Independence Day

04 Jul 2019

We had a fantastic selection of food in our canteen in celebration of Independence day on the 4th of July!  Thank you to everyone who came and enjoyed our American style...

Year 12 University Sport Trip

04 Jul 2019

This week the year 12 BTEC Sport Students went on a higher education taster day at the brand new University if Northampton campus.  Students were amazed by the state if the...

Addams Family Update

04 Jul 2019

Cast have been working hard this week with preparations for the transition performance - which went really well with lots of positive, excited feedback from the Year 6's that watched! After...

Year 11 Prom

04 Jul 2019

Well didn't they scrub up.. . A wonderful evening was spent at Sharnbrook Hotel celebrating the success and friendships made over the past 5 years at Rushden Academy. The year 11 prom...

Big Book Quiz Competition

01 Jul 2019

On Friday 28th June a group of four students (from Years 7-9) and I attended a competition at Sir Christopher Hatton School in Wellingborough. For the 15th year Mrs Evans...

TENC Prom

01 Jul 2019

Sixth form students from the three schools of The East Northamptonshire College gathered at The Park Inn Northampton on Friday June 28th 2019 to mark the end of their school...

DofE Update

28 Jun 2019

And we are off again...  This week another 3 groups are headed out on their qualifying expeditions as part of the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh scheme.  Students have planned their routes carefully around...

TENC Induction Week

28 Jun 2019

Sixth Form Induction Week saw year 11 students from across our three schools finding out more about The East Northamptonshire College (TENC) and the courses they have opted for next...

Year 9 Knife Crime Report

27 Jun 2019

Over the past few weeks a group of Year 9 students have been working hard to design, create and plan a product or service in association with Northamptonshire Police to...

Single-use Plastic

26 Jun 2019

We came together as a group, supervised by Ms Raven, our Librarian, to take part in the Active Citizenship Award. We decided to look at making some improvements in the...

DofE Update

21 Jun 2019

This morning our first Duke of Edinburgh award groups began their expedition. They are spending today and tomorrow walking and camping overnight in order to complete the expedition portion of...

Year 12 Futures' Week

21 Jun 2019

Students from all the TENC schools have spent this week thinking about their futures. To start the week and give students a real insight into the world of work, all...

Here Come the Showcases!

20 Jun 2019

This week year 9 did a fantastic job at kicking off our run of showcases! There were group pieces from Dance, scripted scenes from Drama and solos and duets from...

Year 9 Girls Softball Cricket

19 Jun 2019

We entered our first Ready to Shine Softball Cricket Competition on Tuesday 18t June at Earls Barton Cricket Club. Eight of our year 9 girls committed themselves to a sport that...

Knife Crime Workshop

13 Jun 2019

On Wednesday 12th June, Year 9 participated in the ‘Tackling Knife Crime Initiative’ run by Northamptonshire County Council and Northamptonshire Police. Students participated in a workshop, then in small groups, created...

Y12 Literature Students See ‘A Dolls House’ Play

12 Jun 2019

On the evening of Tuesday June 11th, Year 12 TENC English Literature A Level students were lucky enough to be able to see a performance of A Dolls House, which...

Carnegie Book Shadowing Group

10 Jun 2019

On Friday 7th June I took five Rushden Academy students over to Sponne School to take part in a discussion about the books that have been short-listed for the 2019...

Upcoming Year 9 Showcase

10 Jun 2019

Standards of Uniform, Student Presentation and Behaviour

07 Jun 2019

Next week Mr Middleton and Mr Bocking will be leading assemblies as a timely reminder of the expectations surrounding uniform, in how students should present themselves at school with particular...