Rugby School A GSG School
- Rugby School
Lawrence Sheriff Street
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV22 5EH - Head: Mr Peter Green
- T 01788 556216
- F 01788 556277
- E [email protected]
- W www.rugbyschool.co.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 13 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Warwickshire
- Pupils: 802; sixth formers: 367
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £22,437; Boarding £35,760 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Rugby has a tradition of innovation – it was, for instance, the first school in the country to teach science as part of the school curriculum in the 1850s – and this continues apace. Pupils like being based in a town, close to shops and cafés. One told us: ‘You get a sense of the real world. We aren’t in a bubble.’ Each boarding house has up to 60 pupils and the furthest is no more is than a ten-minute walk from…
What the school says...
I have a great passion for every area of School life at Rugby and I want our children to love being here.
There is a strong and genuine sense that this is a school of obligation, not privilege. A great education is so much more than a focus on academic excellence – children need resilience to face the challenges our fast-changing world throws at them. Rugby children aren’t afraid to fail, we teach them how to recover, to move on, to make the very best of all the skills they have.
Rugby’s greatest Head Master, Dr Thomas Arnold, knew that education is all about transforming lives and should clearly focus on the three areas of academic ability, moral principal and 'gentlemanly' conduct.
Excellence is celebrated here, but nobody is ever on the bench, every pupil is equally important – a good illustration is our 33 hockey teams, everyone is included.
Our mantra is ‘The Whole Person is the Whole Point’. Yes our pupils are achieving the best academic results in the School's history, but that is just one part of the whole story.
It’s an exciting time, our 3Rs: restlessness, reflection and rigour are shared by our staff and pupils, we have a team united in their desire for growth and development. The momentum is palpable.
Come and see us, let us show you why Rugby is different and why we are seen as the leading co-educational boarding school in the country.
Peter Green, Head Master of Rugby School ...Read more
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Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
Sports
Polo
Fencing
Shooting
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2014, Peter Green MA PGCE (early 50s), previously head of Ardingly. Educated at St Joseph’s College, Dumfries, then University of Edinburgh, where he read geography. Although he comes from a family of lawyers and judges he always wanted to be a teacher. Studied for Cert Ed in religious studies and PGCE at St Andrew’s Foundation for Catholic Teacher Education (now part of the University of Glasgow). First job was at an inner-city comprehensive in the Gorbals. He taught at St Olave’s Grammar in Orpington and then Strathallan before moving to Uppingham, where he was head of geography, a housemaster and introduced all-rounder scholarships. Spent five years as lay second master of Ampleforth, followed by seven years as head of Ardingly College, where numbers rose by a quarter under his watch.
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Subject results
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Special Education Needs
Rugby is committed to the full development of the talents of its pupils, regarding learning disabilities more as challenges than obstacles. Provision is made on small group or one-to-one basis for those requiring it, and a qualified and experienced department is on hand to respond flexibly to a variety of special educational needs.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold House School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Ashdown House School | 2016 to 2018 | 4 | ||
| Ashfold School | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Aysgarth School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Beaudesert Park School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Beechwood Park School | 2018 | 2 | ||
| Belhaven Hill School | 2017 | 5 | 4 | Academic Scholarships (2); Sports Scholarships (2) |
| Bilton Grange School | 2016 to 2018 | 43 | 21 | Academic Scholarship (3); Sport Scholarship (2); Foundation (2); Foundation; DT Scholarship; Music Scholarship; Sports Scholarship; Academic Scholarship; Foundations (2); Academic Scholarships (3); DT Scholarships (2); Sports Scholarships (2) |
| Caldicott | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Cargilfield School | 2017 to 2018 | 2 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Chafyn Grove School | 2016 to 2018 | 5 | ||
| Christ Church Cathedral School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Cothill House | 2017 to 2018 | 2 | ||
| Dragon School | 2017 to 2018 | 20 | 5 | Art Scholarship; Drama Scholarship; Sports Scholarship; Drama Scholarship; Design Technology Scholarship |
| Edge Grove Preparatory School | 2017 to 2018 | 5 | 2 | |
| Elstree School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Gayhurst School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Godstowe Preparatory School | 2018 | 1 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Hazlegrove School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Hill House International School | 2018 | 2 | ||
| Holmwood House School | 2015 to 2017 | 1 | ||
| King's College School (Cambridge) | 2018 | 1 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Lockers Park School | 2017 | 2 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Ludgrove | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Moor Park School | 2016 to 2018 | 2 | 1 | Art Scholarship |
| Mowden Hall School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Northcote Lodge School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Old Buckenham Hall School | 2017 to 2018 | 8 | 1 | CE Mathematics Prize |
| Orwell Park School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Packwood Haugh School | 2017 to 2018 | 5 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Academic Scholarship |
| Spratton Hall | 2015 to 2018 | 42 | 7 | Academic Scholarships (2); Academic Scholarships (3); Sport Scholarships (2) |
| St John's College School | 2017 to 2018 | 2 | 1 | Art Scholarship |
| St Paul's Cathedral School | 2010 to 2015 | 2 | ||
| Sunningdale School | 2016 | 3 | ||
| The Elms School | 2018 | 3 | ||
| Thomas's Battersea | 2018 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Westminster Cathedral Choir School | 2018 | 1 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Winchester House School | 2017 to 2018 | 15 | 5 | Sports Scholarship (3); Computing Scholarship; Drama Scholarship |
| Windlesham House School | 2015 to 2017 | 4 | ||
| Witham Hall Preparatory School | 2017 to 2018 | 3 | 2 | Sports Scholarship; Academic Scholarship |
| Woodcote House School | 2018 | 1 |
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