# Rugby Free Secondary School

Rugby Free Secondary School is a secondary school in Rugby, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 1,168 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E142881. [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 1,168
- Council: Rugby
- URN: 142881

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 14 April 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Rugby Free Secondary School was 43.5, against 49.5 in Rugby and 46.2 in England.
34% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Rugby | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 43.5 | 49.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 52.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 70.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 150 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Quest Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/quest-academy-e144764): 200 m. Special. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [Rokeby Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rokeby-primary-school-e145393): 210 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Harris Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harris-church-of-england-academy-e140371): 640 m. Secondary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 41.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Brooke School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brooke-school-e145200): 800 m. Special. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- [St Marie's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-maries-catholic-primary-school-e149315): 900 m. Primary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Oakfield Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakfield-primary-academy-e138915): 1 km. Primary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142881)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142881)

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/rugby-free-secondary-school-e142881