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Secondary school in Rugby, Warwickshire

Bilton School

Lawford Lane, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 7JT

Sixth form
School website 01788840600

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 27 January 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

43.4 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

43% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

58% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.5 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

12% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.31confidence interval -0.53 to -0.09

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C-
Average points per entry
26.6

England average 32.3

A level students
54

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1127
Places
1250
How full
90% full — 1127 of 1250 places taken
Girls / boys
588 / 539
Overall absence
13%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
34%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
30%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
19%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
15%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
88%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
82%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
44%
No sustained destination
7%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
187

After sixth form

Went to university
29%

England 50%

In education, work or training
83%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
7%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
58

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

5% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
75%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
67

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Rugby 007H, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
35%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
16%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
84%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
5%

England 17%

Households with no car
8%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
35%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
STOWE VALLEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Jayne Delves
Local authority
Warwickshire
Ward
Admirals and Cawston
Constituency
Rugby
URN
145575

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Rugby High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 74.9 0.8 mi
Harris Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 42.5 1.1 mi
Rugby Free Secondary SchoolFree schools No grade 43.7 1.4 mi
Rugby SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.5 mi
Bilton Grange SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.6 mi
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts CollegeFoundation school Good 2023 44.4 1.9 mi
Lawrence Sheriff SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 75.1 1.9 mi
Ashlawn SchoolAcademy converter No grade 50.4 2.8 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Holy Family Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 44.8
Bede AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 48.9
Carshalton High School for GirlsAcademy converter Good 2023 52.4
Hilbre High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 39
Northampton International AcademyFree schools No grade 36.4
Orion Eden ParkFree schools No grade 45.5
Dormers Wells High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 49.1
Thames Park Secondary SchoolFree schools Good 2023 46.4

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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