Living in Rugby with children
Rugby, Warwickshire and West Northamptonshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 78,130 people in 32,298 households; 30.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
47 schools: 35 state primary, 8 state secondary, 4 privateRugby on the schools map →Every school in Rugby, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (35)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Gabriel's CofE Academy | Good | Top 8% (12/166) in Warwickshire | 0.244 miles (2025) |
| Riverside Academy | Outstanding | Top 14% (23/166) in Warwickshire | 0.98 miles (2025) |
| Oakfield Primary Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 23% (37/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Eastlands Primary School | Outstanding | Top 25% (41/166) in Warwickshire | 2.018 miles (2025) |
| Northlands Primary School | Improved significantly | Top 33% (54/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Paddox Primary School | School remains Good | Top 33% (54/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 41% (67/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Barby Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top 43% (60/141) in West Northamptonshire | — |
| Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior Academy | Good | Top 43% (71/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Cawston Grange Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 49% (80/166) in Warwickshire | 0.495 miles (2025) |
| Rugby Free Primary School | School remains Good | (85/166) in Warwickshire | 0.88 miles (2025) |
| Abbots Farm Junior School | Requires improvement | (91/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Bilton CofE Junior School | School remains Good | (92/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Hillmorton Primary School | School remains Outstanding | (96/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School | Good | (103/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| St Oswald's CofE Academy | Good | (109/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| St Matthew's Bloxam CofE Primary School | Good | (110/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| St Marie's Catholic Primary School | Good | (116/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Kilsby Church of England Primary School | Good | (105/141) in West Northamptonshire | — |
| Knightlow CofE Primary School | Good | (131/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| The Revel CofE (Aided) Primary School | School remains Good | (136/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Long Lawford Primary School | Requires improvement | (137/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School | Ofsted report card | (138/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Boughton Leigh Junior School | School remains Good | (147/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Rokeby Primary School | Good | (148/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Henry Hinde School | Good | (161/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Abbots Farm Infant School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| Bawnmore Community Infant School | Ofsted report card | — | 0.575 miles (2025) |
| Bilton Infant School | Requires improvement | — | — |
| Boughton Leigh Infant School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Brownsover Community School | School remains Good | — | 0.259 miles (2025) |
| Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Infant Academy and Nursery | Good | — | — |
| Leamington Hastings Church of England Academy | Good | — | — |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy | — | — | — |
| The Griffin Primary School | — | — | 0.732 miles (2025) |
State secondary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby High School | Good | Top 9% (3/36) in Warwickshire | 9.665 miles (2025) |
| Lawrence Sheriff School | Outstanding | Top 12% (4/36) in Warwickshire | — |
| Ashlawn School | Good | Top 34% (12/36) in Warwickshire | 1.324 miles (2026) |
| Houlton School | Good | Top 50% (18/36) in Warwickshire | 3.063 miles (2025) |
| Rugby Free Secondary School | Ofsted report card | (22/36) in Warwickshire | 1.04 miles (2025) |
| The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College | Good | (25/36) in Warwickshire | 6.824 miles (2025) |
| Harris Church of England Academy | Good | (30/36) in Warwickshire | 1.58 miles (2026) |
| Bilton School | Ofsted report card | (34/36) in Warwickshire | — |
Private schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby School | — | 1st (1/6) in Warwickshire | — |
| Princethorpe College | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (4/6) in Warwickshire | — |
| Bilton Grange School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Crescent School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (235 detached, 338 semi-detached, 231 terraced, 110 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Rugby. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Rugby →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 87% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 2,420 postcodes in CV22, CV21, CV23. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 7 outstanding; 13 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 24 in Warwickshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Warwickshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Warwickshire · West Northamptonshire.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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