Lawrence Sheriff School
Rugby, CV21 3AG
· Warwickshire grammar school
Ofsted: Outstanding
Boys
Qualifying score (2025)
212.0
Test board
Consortium: Warwickshire Grammar Schools Consortium. Qualifying score set after standardisation; varies by year
Ofsted judgement breakdown (2022-03-29)
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding
Oversubscription criteria
- Looked after — Looked-After/Previously Looked-After Children at/above AQS, or up to 20 marks below it
- Pupil premium catchment — Up to 30 places: Pupil Premium children in the Eastern Area or Priority Circle, at/above AQS or up to 20 marks below
- Service premium catchment — Up to 5 places: Service Premium children in the Eastern Area or Priority Circle, at/above AQS or up to 20 marks below
- Staff child — Children of staff employed ≥2 years, at/above AQS
- Eastern area — Children in the Eastern Area of Warwickshire at/above AQS
- Priority circle — Children in the Priority Circle (10.004 miles, centred on Rugby Water Tower) at/above AQS
- Pupil premium outside — Balance of the 30 Pupil Premium places (if unfilled by category 2): Pupil Premium children OUTSIDE the catchment areas, at/above AQS or up to 20 marks below
- Service premium outside — Balance of the 5 Service Premium places (if unfilled by category 3): Service Premium children OUTSIDE the catchment areas, at/above AQS or up to 20 marks below
- Outside catchment — Children living outside the catchment areas at/above AQS
- Below aqs waitlist — Children below AQS but above the waiting-list Required Minimum Academic Standard
What the entrance test covers
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.
University destinations
Of the 179-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a
higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published
with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability
measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.
House prices nearby
Median price, Eastlands ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£260,000
Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).
Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Warwickshire admissions publications.
Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.
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