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The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,096Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 125764URN

Newbold Road, Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby, CV21 1EH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Warwickshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WarwickshireSelective

512 applications for 208 places · 22nd of 39 in Warwickshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.7of 90
26th of 37 in Warwickshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Year 7
close to Warwickshire median (2.6) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

512 applications · 208 places offered · 199 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Warwickshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.5; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.4; Warwickshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.1; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 1.9; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.5; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.3; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.8; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.1; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.9; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.7; Warwickshire median median 1.6
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262085122.51990.96
Sep 20252155462.52070.96
Sep 20242135052.41970.92
Sep 20232224702.11850.83
Sep 20222274381.91840.81
Sep 20212195482.52100.96
Sep 20202275182.32331.03
Sep 20192294211.82030.89
Sep 20182204412.02070.94
Sep 20172184622.12311.06
Sep 20162344461.92371.01
Sep 20152133501.61650.77
Sep 20142153601.71420.66

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

206 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.726th of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%24th of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths62%
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.28
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20642.741%62%–
2024/2522644.440%64%–
2023/2421741.231%56%−0.28
2022/2321541.937%62%−0.23

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
125764 · 937/5400
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,100 pupils · 1,096 on roll
Free school meals
32.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Newbold Road, Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby, CV21 1EH
Local authority
Warwickshire · Rugby

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources