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Schools in Warwickshire

272 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Warwickshire has 254 state schools: 195 primary, 37 secondary, 2 all-through, 6 nursery. Between them they teach around 90,132 pupils. 198 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.9 out of 10, and 16 score 8 or above.

38 have a sixth form. 80 take children from age three or under. 97 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. 5 are selective and set an entrance test. How the score works.

Good or better
164
of 175 rated
Average score
4.9
out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Houlton School Good · ×0.5 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lighthorne Heath Primary School Good · ×0.5 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Loxley CofE Community Primary School Good · ×0.5 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy Good · ×0.52 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St John's Primary School and Nursery Good · ×0.56 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Shipston High School Good · ×0.58 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Dordon Primary School Good · ×0.61 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Whitnash Primary School Good · ×0.61 1st prefs/place (2026/27) All Saints Bedworth CofE Academy Good · ×0.69 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Stratford Upon Avon School Good · ×0.69 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Warwickshire

Primary schools: Warwickshire's own term is 'Priority Area' (equivalent to catchment) — the primary criterion for community/VC schools ahead of siblings. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Warwickshire entrance test format

One shared test for all five Warwickshire grammar schools, administered by Warwickshire County Council and provided by GL Assessment: two multiple-choice papers of around 50 minutes each, mixing English, mathematics, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Answers go on separate sheets that are scanned electronically, and scores are age-standardised. Registration is a single online form with the county council (historically closing 4pm on 30 June of Year 5); the test is sat in mid-September of Year 6, and one sitting covers all five schools. A qualifying score does not guarantee a place — each school applies its own oversubscription criteria, several with priority areas.

Out-of-area applications

Warwickshire's five grammar schools (Alcester Grammar School, King Edward VI School in Stratford-upon-Avon, Lawrence Sheriff School and Rugby High School in Rugby, Stratford Girls' Grammar School) share a single 11+ test run by Warwickshire County Council. The test is open to all children due to start secondary school, including those living outside Warwickshire — register once online with the county council (deadline historically 4pm on 30 June of Year 5, tests the following mid-September). Apply for places via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October, listing the Warwickshire school(s). Criteria impact: Warwickshire grammar schools define priority areas/circles in their oversubscription criteria, giving children living within a defined area priority over out-of-area applicants with similar scores — living far away can significantly reduce the chance of an offer even with a qualifying score. Check each school's published admissions policy.

Abbey CofE Infant School Nuneaton · Not judged Abbots Farm Infant School Rugby Abbots Farm Junior School Rugby · Not judged Acorns Primary School Shipston-on-Stour · Good Alcester Academy Alcester · Good Alcester Grammar School Alcester · Outstanding · Grammar All Saints Bedworth CofE Academy Bedworth · Good All Saints Church of England Academy Warwick · Good All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton Nuneaton · Not judged All Saints' CofE Junior School Warwick · Good Alveston CofE Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon Arden Forest Infant School Bedworth · Good Arise Education Priors Marston · Outstanding Arley Primary Academy Coventry · Good Arnold Lodge School Leamington Spa Ash Green School Coventry · Not judged Ashlawn School Rugby · Not judged Atherstone Nursery School Atherstone · Outstanding Austrey CofE Primary School Atherstone · Good Aylesford School Warwick Warwick · Not judged Barford St Peter's CofE Primary School Warwick · Good Bawnmore Community Infant School Rugby Bedworth Heath Nursery School Bedworth Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School Alcester · Not judged Bilton CofE Junior School Rugby · Good Bilton Grange School Rugby Bilton Infant School Rugby · Requires improvement Bilton School Rugby Binley Woods Primary School Coventry · Good Birchwood Primary School Tamworth · Not judged Bishops Itchington Primary School Southam · Good Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Bishopton Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Good Boughton Leigh Infant School Rugby · Good Boughton Leigh Junior School Rugby · Good Bournebrook CofE Primary School Coventry · Good Brailes Church of England Primary School Banbury · Good Briar Hill Infant School Leamington Spa · Not judged Bridgetown Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Good Brooke School Rugby · Not judged Brookhurst Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Brownsover Community School Rugby · Good Budbrooke Primary School Warwick · Good Burton Green Church of England Academy Kenilworth · Good Camp Hill Primary School Nuneaton · Good Campion School Leamington Spa · Good Cawston Grange Primary School Rugby Chetwynd Junior School Nuneaton Chilvers Coton Community Infant School Nuneaton Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery Leamington Spa · Good Claverdon Primary School Warwick · Outstanding Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School Rugby · Not judged Clinton Primary School Kenilworth · Outstanding Coleshill Church of England Primary School Birmingham Coten End Primary School Warwick · Good Coughton CofE Primary School Alcester · Good Crackley Hall School Kenilworth Crescent School Rugby Croft Junior School Nuneaton · Good Cubbington CofE Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Curdworth Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good Discovery Academy Nuneaton · Good Dordon Primary School Tamworth · Good Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Infant Academy and Nursery Rugby · Good Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior Academy Rugby · Not judged Dunnington CofE Primary School Alcester · Requires improvement Eastlands Primary School Rugby · Outstanding Emscote Infant School Warwick · Good English Martyrs Catholic Primary School Rugby · Not judged Etone College Nuneaton · Good Ettington CofE Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Not judged Evergreen School Warwick · Good Exhall Cedars Infant School Coventry · Good Exhall Grange Specialist School Coventry · Good Exhall Junior School Warwickshire · Requires improvement Galley Common Infant School Nuneaton · Good George Eliot Academy Nuneaton Glendale Infant School Nuneaton · Good Goodyers End Primary School Bedworth · Good Hampton Lucy CofE Primary School Warwick · Requires improvement Harbury CofE Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Harris Church of England Academy Rugby · Good Hartshill Academy Nuneaton · Requires improvement Heathcote Primary School Warwick Henley In Arden School Henley-in-Arden · Good Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School Henley-in-Arden · Good Henley-in-Arden Montessori Primary School Henley-in-Arden Henry Hinde School Rugby · Good High Meadow Community School Coleshill · Good Higham Lane North Academy Nuneaton Higham Lane School Nuneaton · Outstanding Hillmorton Primary School Rugby Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon Houlton School RUGBY · Good Hurley Primary School Atherstone · Good Ilmington CofE Primary School Shipston-on-Stour · Good Kenilworth Nursery School & Early Years Training Centre Kenilworth Kenilworth School and Sixth Form Kenilworth · Outstanding Keresley Newland Primary Academy Coventry · Good Kineton Church of England Primary School Warwick · Good Kineton High School Warwick · Good King Edward VI College Nuneaton King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon · Outstanding · Grammar King's High School Warwickshire Kingsbury Primary School Tamworth Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy Kingsbury · Good Kingsway Community Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Knightlow CofE Primary School Rugby · Not judged Lapworth CofE Primary School Solihull · Not judged Lawrence Sheriff School Rugby · Outstanding · Grammar Leamington Hastings Church of England Academy Rugby · Good Lighthorne Heath Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Lillington Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Long Itchington CofE Academy Southam · Requires improvement Long Lawford Primary School Rugby · Requires improvement Lower Farm Academy Nuneaton · Good Loxley CofE Community Primary School Warwick · Good Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School Studley Michael Drayton Junior School Nuneaton Middlemarch School Nuneaton · Not judged Milby Primary School Nuneaton · Good Milverton Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Moreton Morrell CofE Primary School Warwick Myton Gardens Warwick Myton School Warwick · Good Nathaniel Newton Infant School Nuneaton · Good Newbold and Tredington CofE Primary School Shipston-on-Stour Newburgh Primary School Warwick · Good Newdigate Primary and Nursery School Bedworth · Good Newton Regis CofE Primary School Tamworth · Good Nicholas Chamberlaine School Bedworth · Good North Leamington School Leamington Spa · Good North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College Nuneaton · Good Northlands Primary School Rugby · Good Northleigh House School Warwick Nuneaton Academy Nuneaton Nursery Hill Primary School Nuneaton · Good Oak Wood Primary School Nuneaton · Good Oak Wood Secondary School Nuneaton · Good Oakfield Primary Academy Rugby Oakley School Leamington Spa OneSchool Global UK Coventry Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy Nuneaton · Not judged Our Lady and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy Rugby Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Alcester · Not judged Outwoods Primary School Atherstone · Good Paddox Primary School Rugby · Good Park Hill Junior School Kenilworth Park Lane Primary School Nuneaton · Good Princethorpe College Rugby Priors Field Primary School Kenilworth · Good Queen's Church of England Academy Nuneaton Quest Academy Rugby · Good Quinton Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Good Race Leys Infant School Bedworth Race Leys Junior School Bedworth · Good Racemeadow Primary Academy Atherstone · Good Radford Semele CofE Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Riverside Academy Rugby · Outstanding Rokeby Primary School Rugby · Good Rugby Free Primary School Rugby · Good Rugby Free Secondary School Rugby Rugby High School Rugby · Good · Grammar Rugby School Rugby Ryton-On-Dunsmore Provost Williams Church of England Academy Coventry · Good Salford Priors CofE Academy Evesham · Not judged Shipston High School Shipston-on-Stour · Good Shipston-on-Stour Primary School Shipston-on-Stour · Good Shottery St Andrew's CofE Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Not judged Shrubland Street Community Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Shustoke CofE Primary School Birmingham Snitterfield Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Good Southam College Southam Southam Primary School Southam · Good Southam St James CofE Academy Southam · Not judged St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School Rugby St Anne's Catholic Academy Nuneaton St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy Leamington Spa · Outstanding St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Kenilworth · Good St Benedict's Catholic High School Alcester · Good St Benedict's Catholic Primary Academy Atherstone · Good St Edward's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Francis Catholic Academy Bedworth · Good St Gabriel's CofE Academy Rugby · Good St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Good St James' CofE Academy Bedworth · Good St John's Primary School and Nursery Kenilworth · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy Leamington Spa · Good St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School Southam · Good St Marie's Catholic Primary School Rugby · Not judged St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary Academy Warwick · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Henley-in-Arden · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Studley · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam Southam · Good St Matthew's Bloxam CofE Primary School Rugby · Good St Michael's Church of England Academy Bedworth · Good St Nicholas CofE Primary Alcester · Good St Nicholas CofE Primary School Kenilworth · Good St Nicolas CofE Academy Nuneaton · Good St Oswald's CofE Academy Rugby · Not judged St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Leamington Spa · Good St Paul's CofE Primary School, Leamington Spa Leamington Spa · Good St Paul's CofE Primary School, Nuneaton Nuneaton · Good St Peter's Catholic Primary Academy Leamington Spa · Not judged St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College Nuneaton · Good St. Margaret's CofE Junior School Leamington Spa · Good Stockingford Academy Nuneaton · Good Stockingford Maintained Nursery School Nuneaton · Outstanding Stockton Primary School Southam Stratford Girls' Grammar School Stratford-upon-Avon · Outstanding · Grammar Stratford Preparatory School Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford Upon Avon School Stratford-upon-Avon · Good Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Outstanding Studley High School Studley · Outstanding Studley Infants' School Studley Studley St Mary's CofE Academy Studley · Good Sydenham Primary School Leamington Spa · Not judged THE SECRET GARDEN SCHOOL Shustoke · Good Tanworth-in-Arden CofE Primary School Solihull · Good Telford Infant School Leamington Spa · Good Telford Junior School Leamington Spa · Good Temple Grafton CofE Primary School Alcester · Not judged Temple Herdewyke Primary School Southam · Good The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College Rugby · Good The Canons C of E Primary School Bedworth · Not judged The Coleshill School Birmingham · Good The Croft Preparatory School Stratford-upon-Avon The Dassett CofE Primary School Southam · Not judged The Emscote School Warwickshire · Good The Ferncumbe CofE Primary School Warwick · Good The Griffin Primary School Rugby The Kingsley School Leamington Spa The Nethersole CofE Academy Tamworth The Polesworth School Tamworth · Good The Priors School Southam · Good The Queen Elizabeth Academy Atherstone · Good The Revel CofE (Aided) Primary School Rugby · Good The Warwickshire Academy Coventry · Not judged Thomas Jolyffe Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Good Thorns Community Infant School Kenilworth Trinity Catholic School Leamington Spa · Requires improvement Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale Stratford-upon-Avon · Good Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor Alcester Tysoe CofE Primary School Warwick · Good Venture Academy Henley-in-Arden · Not judged Warton Nethersole's CofE Primary School Tamworth · Good Warwick Nursery School Warwick · Good Warwick Preparatory School Warwick Warwick School Warwick Warwickshire College Group Royal Leamington Spa · Good Water Orton Primary School Birmingham Watling Meadows Primary School Nuneaton Weddington Primary School Nuneaton · Not judged Welcombe Hills School Stratford-upon-Avon · Requires improvement Welford-on-Avon Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon Wellesbourne CofE Primary School Warwick · Good Wembrook Primary School Nuneaton · Good Westgate Primary School Warwick Wheelwright Lane Primary School Coventry · Good Whitestone Infant School Nuneaton · Good Whitnash Nursery School Leamington Spa · Outstanding Whitnash Primary School Leamington Spa · Good Wilmcote C of E Primary School Stratford-upon-Avon · Requires improvement Wolston St Margaret's CofE Primary School Coventry · Good Wolverton Primary School Warwick Wolvey CofE Primary School Hinckley · Good Wood End Primary School Atherstone · Not judged Woodlands Birmingham · Requires improvement Woodloes Primary School Warwick · Not judged Woodside CofE Primary School Atherstone · Good Wootton Wawen CofE Primary School Henley-in-Arden · Good

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Warwickshire covers several towns — jump straight to the schools in yours.

Alcester 10 schools Atherstone 12 schools Banbury 46 schools Bedworth 12 schools Evesham 23 schools Hinckley 18 schools Kenilworth 11 schools Leamington Spa 30 schools Nuneaton 47 schools Rugby 49 schools Southam 11 schools Stratford-upon-Avon 21 schools Sutton Coldfield 41 schools Tamworth 50 schools Warwick 29 schools

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Registration opens 7 May 2026 (passed)
Sept 2027 Registration closes 30 June 2026 (passed)
Sept 2027 Test date 12 September 2026 (passed)
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Registration opens 6 May 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Registration closes 27 June 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Test date 13 September 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Results released 15 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 1 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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