Rugby High School

Rugby, CV22 7RE · Warwickshire grammar school

Ofsted: Good Girls
Qualifying score (2025)
213.0
Test board
Consortium: Warwickshire Grammar Schools Consortium. Qualifying score set after standardisation; varies by year

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2022-11-15)

Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked-After/Previously Looked-After Children at/above AQS, or up to 15 marks below it
  2. Pupil premium priority areas — Up to 20 places: Pupil Premium children in the priority areas, at/above AQS or up to 15 marks below
  3. Area 1 east warks — Up to 50 places: children in Area 1 - East Warwickshire at/above AQS
  4. Area 2 priority circle — Children in Area 2 - Eastern Priority Circle at/above AQS
  5. Inside or outside areas — Children inside or outside the priority areas at/above AQS (not otherwise placed)
  6. Below aqs waitlist — Children below AQS but above the waiting-list minimum score

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

Oxbridge
3%
Russell Group
43%
Top-third university
51%
Any degree
88%

Of the 144-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, Bilton ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£293,500

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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