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The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Foundation school
Newbold Road, Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby CV21 1EH · 01788 542355
On the mapSearch near CV21 1EH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Warwickshire 48, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,096
- 100% of 1,100 places
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32.7%
- First language not English
- 25.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 199 families put the school first and 208 places were offered; 84% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 208 | 199 | 1 | 84% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 215 | 207 | 1 | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 213 | 197 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 222 | 185 | 0.8 | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 227 | 184 | 0.8 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.4, and 40.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Warwickshire it was 48, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼40.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼21.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.73 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 27.2 | +0.9 |
| Sixth form college | 2.8 | +1 |
| Further education | 54.4 | +0.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.2 | −2.6 |
| Employment | 1.8 | −1.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.4 | +1.6 |
| Activity not captured | 3.2 | +1 |
Ofsted
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (106 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 106
- 10% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 57% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (22%) with SEND