Best Secondary Schools in Warwickshire

We checked all 51 secondary schools in Warwickshire and list every one: 36 ranked, then 15 without a rank.

Schools checked: 51
Ranked: 36
Without a rank: 15

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE 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 across Warwickshire, and each school's town is shown. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Warwickshire also has 201 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Warwickshire. Warwickshire also has rankings for Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick.

Ranked secondary schools in Warwickshire

Rank 1
King Edward VI School
Stratford-upon-Avon, Academy, Selective, 879 pupils, inspected November 2021
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
83.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
100%
Rank 2
Stratford Girls' Grammar School
Stratford-upon-Avon, Academy, Selective, 853 pupils, inspected September 2022
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
80.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
100%
Rank 3
Alcester Grammar School
Alcester, Academy, Selective, 1,299 pupils, inspected December 2022
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
73.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
100%
Rank 4
Lawrence Sheriff School
Rugby, Academy, Selective, 1,200 pupils, inspected March 2022
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
75.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
96%
Rank 5
Kenilworth School and Sixth Form
Kenilworth, Academy, 1,930 pupils, inspected November 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
57.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
65.8%
Rank 6
Higham Lane School
Nuneaton, Academy, 1,516 pupils, inspected May 2019
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
52.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
61.6%
Rank 7
Rugby High School
Rugby, Academy, Selective, 927 pupils, inspected November 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
74.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
99.2%
Rank 8
North Leamington School
Leamington Spa, Academy, 1,482 pupils, inspected February 2014
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
57.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
67.7%
Rank 9
Alcester Academy
Alcester, Academy, 636 pupils, inspected January 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
54.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
68.5%
Rank 10
Henley In Arden School
Henley-in-Arden, Academy, 682 pupils, inspected November 2013
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
50.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
61.9%
Rank 11
Ashlawn School
Rugby, Academy, 1,564 pupils, inspected June 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good
Attainment 8
50.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
58%
Rank 12
Myton School
Warwick, Academy, 1,761 pupils, inspected February 2018
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
48.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
51.8%
Rank 13
Southam College
Southam, Academy, 1,637 pupils, inspected April 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Attainment 8
49.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
48.7%
Rank 14
Studley High School
Studley, Academy, 829 pupils, inspected March 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
45.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
39.4%
Rank 15
Stratford Upon Avon School
Stratford-upon-Avon, Academy, 1,935 pupils, inspected March 2016
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
48.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
47.4%
Rank 16
Etone College
Nuneaton, Academy, 1,164 pupils, inspected January 2017
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
47.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
46.4%
Rank 17
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Alcester, Academy, 455 pupils, inspected March 2024
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
46.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
47.7%
Rank 17
St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College
Nuneaton, Academy, 1,067 pupils, inspected September 2012
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
47.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
44.5%
Rank 19
Nuneaton Academy
Nuneaton, Academy, 977 pupils, inspected June 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Attainment 8
44.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
47.7%
Rank 20
George Eliot Academy
Nuneaton, Academy, 815 pupils, inspected November 2025
Report card: Expected standard
Attainment 8
45.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
42.5%
Rank 21
Shipston High School
Shipston-on-Stour, Academy, 526 pupils, inspected July 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
43.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
43.7%
Rank 22
Harris Church of England Academy
Rugby, Academy, 858 pupils, inspected May 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
42.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
46.2%
Rank 22
The Queen Elizabeth Academy
Atherstone, Academy, 746 pupils, inspected May 2017
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
43.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
43.6%
Rank 24
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College
Rugby, Local authority maintained, 1,096 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
44.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
40.3%
Rank 25
Rugby Free Secondary School
Rugby, Free school, 1,168 pupils, inspected April 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Attainment 8
43.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
39.2%
Rank 26
Campion School
Leamington Spa, Academy, 1,245 pupils, inspected October 2014
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
44.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
37.8%
Rank 27
Kineton High School
Warwick, Academy, 1,082 pupils, inspected September 2011
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
44.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
36.2%
Rank 28
The Polesworth School
Tamworth, Academy, 1,459 pupils, inspected February 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
42.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
35.4%
Rank 29
Ash Green School
Coventry, Academy, 816 pupils, inspected March 2025
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
Attainment 8
40.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
40.6%
Rank 30
The Coleshill School
Birmingham, Academy, 1,177 pupils, inspected May 2016
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
39.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
36.4%
Rank 31
Bilton School
Rugby, Academy, 1,127 pupils, inspected January 2026
Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
Attainment 8
43.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
43.2%
Rank 32
Aylesford School Warwick
Warwick, Academy, 1,065 pupils, inspected April 2025
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
Attainment 8
39.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
32%
Rank 33
Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy
Kingsbury, Academy, 604 pupils, inspected October 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
37.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
27.3%
Rank 34
Hartshill Academy
Nuneaton, Academy, 988 pupils, inspected January 2023
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Attainment 8
41.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
41.1%
Rank 35
Nicholas Chamberlaine School
Bedworth, Academy, 1,456 pupils, inspected April 2024
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
36.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
24.6%
Rank 36
Trinity Catholic School
Leamington Spa, Academy, 369 pupils, inspected February 2024
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Attainment 8
36.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
29.8%

Secondary schools in Warwickshire without a rank

Arise Education
Leamington, Independent, 32 pupils, inspected April 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
0.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
Arnold Lodge School
Leamington Spa, Independent, 444 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
44.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
44.9%
Bilton Grange School
Rugby, Independent, 374 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Higham Lane North Academy
Nuneaton, Free school, 154 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Houlton School
Rugby, Free school, 895 pupils, inspected February 2024
Ofsted: Good
King's High School
Warwick, Independent, Selective, 815 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
16.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
Northleigh House School
Warwick, Independent, 36 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
7.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
Oakley School
Leamington Spa, Free school, 646 pupils, inspected June 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
OneSchool Global UK
Coventry, Independent, Selective, 194 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
27.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
33.3%
Princethorpe College
Rugby, Independent, 921 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
33.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
Rugby School
Rugby, Independent, Selective, 887 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
10.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
The Emscote School
Warwick, Independent, 67 pupils, inspected November 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
13.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
The Kingsley School
Leamington Spa, Independent, Selective, 292 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
21.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
THE SECRET GARDEN SCHOOL
Shustoke, Independent, 66 pupils, inspected October 2024
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
20.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
30%
Warwick School
Warwick, Independent, Selective, 1,227 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
33.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%