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Rugby High School vs Stratford Girls' Grammar School

Both are grammar schools in Warwickshire, 21.6 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

Rugby High School Stratford Girls' Grammar School
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Girls Girls
Pupils on roll 929 831
Free school meals 8.4% 2.3%
Ofsted rating Good Outstanding
Attainment 8 — 2024/25 74.9 80.6
A-level average points — 2024/25 40.31 44.92
11+ test board GL Assessment GL Assessment
Admission system pass/fail then criteria order pass/fail then criteria order
Places offered — 202627 150 120
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 1.66 2.41

Qualifying scores

Rugby High School

213 (2025 entry)

Automatic Qualifying Score (AQS) = 213. Competitive cutoffs: Area 1 East Warks (Cat3) = 234 (50 places), Area 2 Priority Circle (Cat4) = 222 (62 places). Total 120 offers. Minimum waiting list = 210.

Council source ↗

Stratford Girls' Grammar School

226 (2025 entry)

Automatic Qualifying Score (AQS) = 226. Competitive cutoff: priority circle (Cat3) = 232. No out-of-area offers (Cat4 = 0). Minimum waiting list score = 224.

Council source ↗

Who gets priority

Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.

Rugby High School

  1. Looked-After/Previously Looked-After Children at/above AQS, or up to 15 marks below it
  2. Up to 20 places: Pupil Premium children in the priority areas, at/above AQS or up to 15 marks below
  3. Up to 50 places: children in Area 1 - East Warwickshire at/above AQS
  4. Children in Area 2 - Eastern Priority Circle at/above AQS

Source: school admissions policy.

Stratford Girls' Grammar School

  1. Looked-After/Previously Looked-After Children at/above AQS, or up to 20 marks below it
  2. Up to 19 places: Pupil Premium (Free School Meals) children in the priority circle, at/above AQS or up to 20 marks below
  3. Children in the priority circle at/above AQS
  4. Children living outside the priority circle at/above AQS

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Both schools admit girls, so the decision usually comes down to the admission criteria above and how far each one reaches. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.

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