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Rugby High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 927Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136595URN

Longrood Road, Rugby, CV22 7RE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
close to Warwickshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WarwickshireSelective

405 applications for 150 places · 18th of 39 in Warwickshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
77.1of 90
3rd of 37 in Warwickshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 15 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.7applications per place, Year 7
close to Warwickshire median (2.6) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

405 applications · 150 places offered · 249 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.7; Warwickshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.5; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  3. 2024 3.5; Warwickshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.4; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 3.4; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 3.8; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 3.1; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.8; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.6; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.8; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.9; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.5; Warwickshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.3; Warwickshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Warwickshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median

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

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

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 20261504052.72491.66
Sep 20251204143.52652.21
Sep 20241204233.52742.28
Sep 20231214073.42622.17
Sep 20221163923.42241.93
Sep 20211204613.82852.38
Sep 20201203703.12472.06
Sep 20191173262.82161.85
Sep 20181213192.62091.73
Sep 20171183302.82231.89
Sep 20161213462.92432.01
Sep 20151233062.52101.71
Sep 20141202752.32151.79

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

118 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)77.13rd of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths100%1st of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.66
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11877.1100%100%–
2024/2511974.999%100%–
2023/2411773.997%98%+0.66
2022/2311876.698%98%+0.80

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136595 · 937/5406
Trust
Rugby High School Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 927 on roll
Free school meals
8.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
Rugby High School (URN 125769)
Address
Longrood Road, Rugby, CV22 7RE
Local authority
Warwickshire · Rugby

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