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Rugby School

Mixed · ages 13–18 · with sixth form · selective (grammar) · Church of EnglandWarwickshire, West Midlands · Rugby CV21 3AWSchool website
Pupils on roll
887of 905 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
162
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Rugby School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

A level grades average A-, well above the England average of B-; 37% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are Mathematics, Economics and Chemistry.

Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Warwickshire and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureRugby SchoolWarwickshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)10.848.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%50%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%68%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%42%41%
EBacc average point score0.364.284.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort23%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils52.850.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language13%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Religious Studies4729%31%79%32%98%
Physical Education3421%11%91%24%100%
Fine Art3421%9%85%28%100%
Latin2616%1%92%74%100%
Computer Science2314%13%96%30%100%
Classical Civilisation2012%1%55%40%95%
Chinese106%1%100%75%100%
Classical Greek85%0%88%92%100%
Astronomy53%0%29%
Japanese11%0%53%
Turkish11%0%71%
Russian11%0%87%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Music performance: Group106%
Music performance: Group74%
Music performance: Group32%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureRugby SchoolWarwickshireEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study408
— of whom A level students1743,281261,341
Average A level gradeA-B-B-
Average points per A level entry46.4035.3535.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsA-B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects37%21%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics6336%31%
Economics3721%13%
Chemistry3621%17%
Physics3319%12%
Geography3218%10%
History2615%13%
Politics2112%6%
Biology2112%20%
Business Studies2011%13%
3D Design1810%1%
Physical Education148%3%
Further Mathematics127%5%
Fine Art127%3%
Drama95%2%
French85%1%
Computer Science85%5%
Religious Studies85%4%
Graphic Communication2%
Chinese0%
Classical Civilisation1%
Punjabi0%
Classical Greek0%
Spanish2%
Latin0%
Textiles1%
Photography3%
Music0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)4023%

Where Rugby School is

Other secondary schools in Warwickshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Warwickshire’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in Warwickshire

Alcester Academy

Academy converter · 636 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.0

Ash Green School

Academy converter · sixth form · 816 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.7

Ashlawn School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,564 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.4

Bilton School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,127 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.4

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.