Education
- Alpha Pre-School on Westfield Terrace is a committee run community school and has been running for over 40 years providing part-time nursery places for children.
- Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School on Wharf Road has a Nursery unit with 52 part-time places for pre-school children and 3 classes of about 25 pupils per year group for Reception and Years 1 & 2 (roughly ages 3 to 7). This is a feeder infant school for Higham Ferrers Junior School.
- Higham Ferrers Junior School on the corner of Wharf Road and Saffron Road has classes for Years 3 to 6 (roughly ages 7 to 11).
- Henry Chichele Primary School is on the new estate to the north of the town on School Lane and has a single class per year for Reception, and Years 1 to 6 (roughly ages 4 to 7). This school is heavily over-subscribed due to government policy giving pupils from outside the development priority over pupils who live next to the school.
- The Ferrers Specialist Arts College is on Queensway and caters for Years 7 to 13 (ages 11 to 18).
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