Rugby High School for Girls
About the school
Rugby High School for Girls is a state-funded grammar school in West Midlands.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 15 November 2022
- Published
- 12 January 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 74.9
- Warwickshire
- 48
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Warwickshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 99.20%
- Warwickshire
- 49.80%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 100.00%
- Warwickshire
- 67.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 72.30%
- Warwickshire
- 42.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 7.16
- Warwickshire
- 4.28
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B
Average A-level points
- School
- 40.31
AAB or better
- School
- 27.00%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
929
Girls
93.86%
Boys
6.14%
SEN support
4.20%
Education, health and care plan
0.11%
English as an additional language
41.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
9.36%
Overall absence
4.5
Persistent absence
7.68
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
118
Sustained education or employment
97%
Education
97%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%
Not sustained
2%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
121
Sustained education or employment
88%
Higher education
74%
Further education
0%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
12%
Admissions
The school accepts only girls from Year 7 – 11 and, as of the start of the 2018 academic Year, takes boys in Year 12 – 13. To be accepted into the school, pupils must take the Eleven plus exam. Candidates who live in Rugby must come in the top 120 girls and candidates who live in the wider catchment area (10 miles from the Rugby water tower) must come within the top 60. In the 11–16 age range, the school has a four-form intake. Each year group numbers roughly 120 girls. At post 16, pupils from many other schools join the current pupils at Rugby High School to create a year group that is around double the size of 11–16 year groups.