Rugby High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Warwickshire
Unique reference
136595
Address
Longrood Road, CV22 7RE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
929 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
6.1%
Girls
93.9%
First language not English
41.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.7%
Persistent absence
5.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.9%
Indian 24.4%
Mixed 6.2%
Other White 6%
African 5.7%
Other Asian 5.2%
Pakistani 3.7%
Chinese 3.6%
Other 1.1%
Other Black 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 74.7
Local authority average 47.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.14
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)34
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
BiologyGCSE67
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE67
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE119
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Rugby High School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
120
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
265
2nd preference
60
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
109
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
110
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
120
0
120
Year 8
119
0
119
Year 9
121
0
121
Year 10
118
0
118
Year 11
120
0
120
Year 12
172
30
142
Year 13
159
27
132
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
86.2%
85.5%
Further education
3.0%
33.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
90.0%
44.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
7.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
85.0%
59.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
53.0%
20.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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