Rugby Free Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 13 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Warwickshire
Unique reference
142881
Address
Anderson Avenue, CV22 5PE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1111 (74% of total capacity)
Boys
48.5%
Girls
51.5%
First language not English
25.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.2%
Persistent absence
27.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.2%
Other White 14.6%
Mixed 7.1%
African 4.2%
Indian 3.6%
Unclassified 2.5%
Other Asian 1.6%
Other 1.4%
Chinese 1.1%
Pakistani 1%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Other Black 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.7
Local authority average 47.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.79
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE67
ChemistryGCSE21
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE172
English LiteratureGCSE170
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Rugby Free Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
278
2nd preference
247
3rd preference
199
From another Local Authority
42
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes22.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
98
82
Year 8
210
107
103
Year 9
183
84
99
Year 10
147
74
73
Year 11
177
92
85
Year 12
117
40
77
Year 13
97
44
53
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.2%
85.5%
Further education
39.0%
33.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
46.0%
44.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
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

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