Rugby Free Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Rugby, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.665 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rugby Free Primary School is a primary school in Rugby, Warwickshire for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Rugby Free Primary School 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.665 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.665 miles away, 21st shortest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published last distance; middle figure 2.26 miles.
- Its Reception last distance has swung sharply, most from 2023 to 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 57 first-choice applications for 61 offers; 53 went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Bailey Road, Central Park, Rugby, CV23 0PD
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 422 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be a part of this school.”
- “They are happy, kind and polite.”
- “There is a strong sense of community among pupils and staff.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, including art, the key knowledge that pupils must learn is not always identified clearly enough.”
- “This means that it is harder for pupils to know what essential knowledge they need to remember.”
- “As a result, in these subjects, some pupils do not deepen their learning as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 57 first-preference applications, 61 offers in total, 53 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.
- Brownsover Community School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Griffin Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Boughton Leigh Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boughton Leigh Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northlands Primary School 2.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Riverside Academy 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
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