Rugby Free Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 14 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
1099 (67% of total capacity)
Boys
46.4%
Girls
53.6%
First language not English
24.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.2%
Persistent absence
28.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.6%
Other White 15.6%
Mixed 7.9%
African 3.1%
Unclassified 3%
Indian 2.7%
Other Asian 2%
Other 1.5%
Pakistani 1.3%
Chinese 1.3%
Other Black 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Caribbean 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.8
Local authority average 48.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.65
Local authority average 4.22
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award51
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE21
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE166
English LiteratureGCSE164
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE42
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Rugby Free Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
162
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
207
2nd preference
230
3rd preference
138
From another Local Authority
50
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
137
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
216
110
106
Year 8
178
80
98
Year 9
148
70
78
Year 10
184
94
90
Year 11
180
78
102
Year 12
125
54
71
Year 13
68
24
44
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
85.0%
85.6%
Further education
34.0%
32.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
49.0%
44.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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