Best Primary Schools in Rugby

We checked all 36 primary schools in Rugby, Warwickshire, and list every one: 25 ranked, then 11 without a rank.

Schools checked
36
Ranked
25
Without a rank
11

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Rugby. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Rugby also has 11 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Warwickshire. Warwickshire also has rankings for Nuneaton, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Bedworth and all of Warwickshire.

Ranked primary schools in Rugby

  1. Rank 1

    Riverside Academy

    Academy, 233 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    13%
  2. Rank 2

    Eastlands Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 211 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    5%
  3. Rank 3

    St Gabriel's CofE Academy

    Free school, 502 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    82%
    Higher standard
    15%
  4. Rank 4

    Cawston Grange Primary School

    Academy, 442 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Strong standard
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    14%
  5. Rank 5

    English Martyrs Catholic Primary School

    Academy, 176 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    9%
  6. Rank 6

    Rugby Free Primary School

    Free school, 422 pupils, inspected May 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    13%
  7. Rank 7

    Oakfield Primary Academy

    Academy, 435 pupils, inspected November 2025

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    74%
    Higher standard
    3%
  8. Rank 8

    Paddox Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 663 pupils, inspected July 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    7%
  9. Rank 9

    Northlands Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 208 pupils, inspected November 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    7%
  10. Rank 10

    Barby Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 96 pupils, inspected November 2011

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    7%
  11. Rank 11

    Abbots Farm Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 261 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    12%
  12. Rank 12

    Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 224 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    15%
  13. Rank 13

    Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior Academy

    Academy, 263 pupils, inspected May 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    66%
    Higher standard
    2%
  14. Rank 14

    Bilton CofE Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 434 pupils, inspected June 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    7%
  15. Rank 15

    Knightlow CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 214 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    9%
  16. Rank 16

    St Oswald's CofE Academy

    Academy, 196 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    6%
  17. Rank 17

    St Marie's Catholic Primary School

    Academy, 396 pupils, inspected May 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    3%
  18. Rank 18

    St Matthew's Bloxam CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 199 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    3%
  19. Rank 19

    The Revel CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 269 pupils, inspected October 2011

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%
  20. Rank 20

    Kilsby Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 192 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    54%
    Higher standard
    0%
  21. Rank 21

    St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 342 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    49%
    Higher standard
    7%
  22. Rank 22

    Boughton Leigh Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 477 pupils, inspected June 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    2%
  23. Rank 23

    Rokeby Primary School

    Academy, 219 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    0%
  24. Rank 24

    Long Lawford Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 426 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    49%
    Higher standard
    8%
  25. Rank 25

    Henry Hinde School

    Academy, 216 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    35%
    Higher standard
    1%

Primary schools in Rugby without a rank