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1.116miles
was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27 (Year 7). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.
Last distance offered at Rugby Free Secondary School, year by year →
When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.
If two applications tie: Proximity to the school also differentiates between students within criteria 2 and 3 if oversubscribed (shortest distance = highest priority), using GIS straight-line measurement. Blocks of flats are treated as one address; where applicants have identical distance, priority is determined at random by an independent person of good standing drawing lots in a supervised process (for in-year applications after the Autumn Term of Year 7, the draw is carried out by two uninvolved staff members, independently verified, observed, recorded and countersigned by the CEO). In multiple-birth cases where only one place remains and the next child on the list is a twin/triplet/etc., all such siblings are admitted even if this exceeds the agreed PAN.
Children with an EHCP where the Local Authority has specifically named Rugby Free Secondary School are admitted by law; not numbered within the 1-5 list so not included as a criterion. No specific list of 'Warwickshire Triumph Learning Trust feeder schools' (criterion 4) is printed in this document. The document explicitly states that details of admission to the Sixth Form (Year 12) 'will be made available separately' on the school's website, so no Year 12 entry is produced here as no criteria for that point of entry are published in this document. The PAN of 180 has applied in every Year 7 intake since the school opened in September 2016, except for a one-off additional 30 places in September 2023 only.
Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.
Same phase, ranked by distance and how closely they match.
Bilton School
secondary · Needs attention · 2.3 km away
Harris Church of England Academy
secondary · Expected standard · 639 m away
Lawrence Sheriff School
secondary · Strong standard · 1.4 km away
Houlton School
secondary · Good · 5.1 km away
Rugby High School
secondary · Good · 1.8 km away
Ashlawn School
secondary · 2.2 km away
Separately-registered childcare operating at this school's site, each with its own Ofsted record.
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