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Lawrence Sheriff School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,200Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141277URN

Clifton Road, Rugby, CV21 3AG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.6 above Warwickshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WarwickshireSelective

471 applications for 150 places · 9th of 39 in Warwickshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
75.7of 90
4th of 37 in Warwickshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 29 March 2022
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

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
3.1applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Warwickshire median (2.6) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

471 applications · 150 places offered · 319 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 3.1; Warwickshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.3; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  3. 2024 3.0; Warwickshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.8; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.8; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 3.4; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.9; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.8; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 3.0; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 3.2; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.8; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.3; Warwickshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.6; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Warwickshire median in 12 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median

Dashed bars: as Lawrence Sheriff School (URN 125753), the previous school.

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 20261504713.13192.13
Sep 20251494873.33322.23
Sep 20241514553.03152.09
Sep 20231484072.82731.84
Sep 20221474182.82761.88
Sep 20211484963.42741.85
Sep 20201454142.92681.85
Sep 20191233392.82161.76
Sep 20181223613.02401.97
Sep 20171173723.22522.15
Sep 20161193302.82311.94
Sep 20151212802.32201.82
Sep 2014 *1193102.62512.11

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

149 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)75.74th of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths97%5th 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)+0.89
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14975.797%100%–
2024/2515075.196%98%–
2023/2411877.199%99%+0.89
2022/2312073.898%99%+0.57

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
141277 · 937/4620
Trust
The Sheriff Partnership
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 1,200 on roll
Free school meals
9.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2014
Replaced
Lawrence Sheriff School (URN 125753)
Address
Clifton Road, Rugby, CV21 3AG
Local authority
Warwickshire · Rugby

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