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Best secondary schools in Warwickshire

33 of 40 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Warwickshire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon grammar 1.21 Outstanding oversubscribed 2.54 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Stratford Girls' Grammar School Stratford-upon-Avon grammar 1.07 Outstanding oversubscribed 2.41 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Lawrence Sheriff School Rugby grammar 0.89 Outstanding oversubscribed 2.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Rugby High School Rugby grammar 0.66 Good oversubscribed 1.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Alcester Academy Alcester 0.65 Good improving about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Higham Lane School Nuneaton hidden gem 0.59 Outstanding improving about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Alcester Grammar School Alcester grammar 0.56 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Studley High School Studley 0.49 Outstanding about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Kenilworth School and Sixth Form Kenilworth 0.48 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 North Leamington School Leamington Spa 0.47 Good about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 St Benedict's Catholic High School Alcester hidden gem 0.33 Good improving undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Henley In Arden School Henley-in-Arden 0.31 Good about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Etone College Nuneaton 0.29 Good improving about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Harris Church of England Academy Rugby hidden gem 0.16 Good improving undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Kineton High School Warwick 0.16 Good about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Rugby Free Secondary School Rugby 0.13 Good oversubscribed 1.39 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Stratford Upon Avon School Stratford-upon-Avon hidden gem 0.09 Good improving undersubscribed 0.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Southam College Southam 0.08 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Myton School Warwick 0.04 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 St Thomas More Catholic School and Sixth Form College Nuneaton 0.03 Good oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Campion School Leamington Spa hidden gem 0.0 Good undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 George Eliot Academy Nuneaton hidden gem -0.05 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Ashlawn School Rugby -0.08 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Shipston High School Shipston-on-Stour hidden gem -0.12 Good improving undersubscribed 0.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy Kingsbury -0.19 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College Rugby -0.28 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 The Queen Elizabeth Academy Atherstone -0.3 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Bilton School Rugby hidden gem -0.31 Good undersubscribed 0.43 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Trinity Catholic School Leamington Spa -0.39 Requires improvement improving undersubscribed 0.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 The Polesworth School Tamworth -0.42 Good declining about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Ash Green School Coventry -0.48 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Nicholas Chamberlaine School Bedworth -0.51 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 The Coleshill School Birmingham hidden gem -0.62 Good improving undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Warwickshire

7 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Warwickshire, not a fairer one.

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