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Bilton School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,127Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145575URN

Lawford Lane, Rugby, CV22 7JT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.4 below Warwickshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WarwickshireSelective

443 applications for 204 places · 24th of 39 in Warwickshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.3of 90
35th of 37 in Warwickshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 21 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention
  2. 6 July 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Warwickshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

443 applications · 204 places offered · 87 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Warwickshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.9; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.3; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.2; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.8; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.5; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.2; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.2; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.5; Warwickshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.9; Warwickshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Warwickshire median in 1 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median

Dashed bars: as Bilton School (URN 137691), Bilton School - A Maths and Computing College (URN 125749), the previous school.

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 20262044432.2870.43
Sep 20252414491.91340.56
Sep 20242044122.01210.59
Sep 20232004552.31350.68
Sep 20222084482.21570.75
Sep 20212073691.8980.47
Sep 20202333571.51260.54
Sep 20192042471.2750.37
Sep 20182422871.21140.47
Sep 2017 *1642381.5770.47
Sep 2016 *2394471.91550.65
Sep 2015 *2083781.81280.62
Sep 2014 *2033531.71310.65

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

175 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.335th of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%33rd of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.31
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17539.334%58%–
2024/2523643.443%58%–
2023/2417338.632%56%−0.31
2022/2318746.646%70%+0.44

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145575 · 937/4014
Trust
Stowe Valley Multi Academy Trust
Capacity
1,250 pupils · 1,127 on roll
Free school meals
30.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2017
Replaced
Bilton School (URN 137691); Bilton School - A Maths and Computing College (URN 125749)
Address
Lawford Lane, Rugby, CV22 7JT
Local authority
Warwickshire · Rugby

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