The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Warwickshire
Newbold Road, Rugby, CV21 1EH
59
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 21/03/2023
Application demand
81%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.8%
26.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,096
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,100 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
81%
1st preference success rate
167 of 207 families who put it first got an offer
215
Places offered
546
Total applications
2.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 207 | 167 | ● 81% |
| 2nd preference | 149 | 37 | ● 25% |
| 3rd preference | 83 | 6 | ● 7% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 107 | 5 | ● 5% |
| Total | 546 | 215 | 39% |
1st preference success by year
Warwickshire lets families list 6 preferences. 10 applications came from outside the council area (3 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Blake Francis
- Address
- Newbold Road, Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby, CV21 1EH
- Phone
- 01788542355
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Ward / constituency
- Newbold and Brownsover · Rugby
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 125764
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 33% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 24% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,096 pupils · 1,100 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
21 March 2023
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,163 pupils
Attendance
89.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 41.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.28 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 31% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.42 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 40.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 64.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 21.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.73 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 226 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 224 | 14% | 46% | 74% | |
| English Language | 224 | 15% | 50% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 213 | 10% | 47% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 177 | 6% | 25% | 46% | |
| Geography | 95 | 12% | 41% | 56% | |
| History | 89 | 9% | 47% | 54% | |
| Art and Design | 70 | 9% | 73% | 91% | |
| Social Studies | 57 | 26% | 53% | 61% | |
| Biology | 47 | 28% | 79% | 98% | |
| Physics | 47 | 32% | 77% | 98% | |
| Chemistry | 47 | 26% | 74% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 43 | 19% | 28% | 37% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Warwickshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.