The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Rugby, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.14 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College is a secondary school in Rugby, Warwickshire for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 4.14 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 4.14 miles, the 15th shortest of 32 Warwickshire secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 4.61 miles.
- Year 7 last distances have swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2017.
- Year 7 2026 drew 199 first-choice applications for 208 offers; 167 offers went to first-choice families and 32 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 44.4 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Newbold Road, Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby, CV21 1EH
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,096 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Avon Valley is an inclusive, warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are very well cared for and pupils know this.”
- “There are strong relationships between pupils and staff.”
To improve
- “However, not all teachers use this information well.”
- “This means that some pupils with SEND do not get the support they need to access the curriculum.”
- “As a result, some pupils with SEND do not always make the progress of which they are capable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 199 first-preference applications, 208 offers in total, 167 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.
- Lawrence Sheriff School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Harris Church of England Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Rugby Free Secondary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bilton School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rugby High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashlawn School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Houlton School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Southam College 10.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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