Rugby School A GSG School
- Rugby School
Lawrence Sheriff Street
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV22 5EH - Head: Gareth Parker-Jones, Executive Head, 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: 868; sixth formers: 405
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £24,126; Boarding £38,454 pa
- Open days: 2021 12 October 13+ Day entry Open Morning; 13 November 13+ Boarding Open Morning 27 November 13+ Boarding Open Morning 2022 15 January 13+ Boarding Open Morning 5 February 13+ Boarding Open Morning
- 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..
‘Restlessness’ is one of Rugby’s self-defined three Rs and could perhaps apply to the effects of the school’s non-stop activities as much as intellectual curiosity. Parents told us, ‘School life is very full on... School is launching a junior chorister programme at Bilton Grange which will give up to 40 boys and girls a cathedral standard choral and musical education. Among pupils there’s a noticeably strong sense of community and appreciation of the value of lifelong friendships forged here
What the school says...
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.
Excellence is celebrated here, but nobody is ever on the bench, every student 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.
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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 2020, Peter Green MA PGCE (50s), educated at St Joseph’s College in Dumfries and studied geography at Edinburgh. Has been headmaster here since 2014 but the growth of the Rugby empire group both at home and abroad precipitated his elevation to executive and the appointment of Gareth Parker-Jones as head (see below). The ‘sort of’ job share means Mr Green can be hands on with Rugby’s international avatars which at the time of our visit numbered Thailand, Mexico and most unusually Japan, plus others that ‘are coming but we can’t say anything about those yet’. We’ll get the oft heard ‘two heads are better than one’ remark out of the way, but on a practical level there’s a lot of truth in it. Short of cloning, Mr Green can’t be in Japan (11...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
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 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abberley Hall | 2021 | |||
| Arnold House School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Belhaven Hill School | 2021 | 1 | 1x Academic Scholarship | |
| Bilton Grange School | 2021 | 18 | Approximately 50% are going to Rugby School: Academic, Music, Drama, Sport, Art. | |
| Cargilfield School | 2021 | 14 | ||
| Cheltenham College Preparatory School | 2021 | |||
| Horris Hill School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| King's College School, Cambridge | 2021 | |||
| Lambrook School | 2021 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship (1) |
| Lockers Park School | 2021 | 2 | ||
| Maidwell Hall | 2021 | |||
| Mowden Hall School | 2021 | 2 | ||
| Pinewood | 2021 | 1 | 1 | Academic scholarship (1) |
| St Hugh's School, Oxfordshire | 2021 | 1 | 1 | Drama Scholarship |
| St John's College School | 2021 | 2 | ||
| The Elms School | 2021 | 4 | 1 | DT Scholarship |
| Windlesham House School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Witham Hall Preparatory School | 2021 | 1 |
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