Abbots Farm Junior School, Rugby
Abbots Farm Junior School is a primary school for pupils aged 7 to 11 in Rugby. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in April 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in March 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 16th-highest of the 26 schools in Rugby with published results, and 9,159th of 14,452 across England. It was 99% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Outstanding (2015)
- Capacity
- 99% full
- Attendance
- In line with England
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Abbots Farm Junior School in detail
Abbots Farm Junior School in its own words
In its own words: "This section is all about the people that make up our Abbots Farm Junior School community"
From the headteacher's welcome: "It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Abbots Farm Junior School. We strive to develop our children as Learners for Life and instil in them a passion for learning."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, hockey, tennis, athletics, basketball, cross-country, dance and drama.
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at Abbots Farm Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 68% in reading and 52% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Abbots Farm Junior School
Across Warwickshire, 88% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Warwickshire lodged 229 appeals against primary school offers; 146 reached a hearing and 18 succeeded (12.3% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Abbots Farm Junior School are Abbots Farm Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Eastlands Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 88% reading, 90% maths); Paddox Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 79% reading, 77% maths); and English Martyrs Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, 85% reading, 73% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than Abbots Farm Junior School.
Abbots Farm Infant SchoolEastlands Primary SchoolPaddox Primary SchoolEnglish Martyrs Catholic Primary School
What parents say
33 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Abbots Farm Junior School (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 91% say their child is happy there and 77% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (77%).
Who goes there
27.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (56%), Asian (26%) and Mixed (7%).
In 2026, 55 pupils (21.1%) received SEN support and 7 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Rugby Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Vere Road (adjacent), 140 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Abbots Farm Junior School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Abbots Farm Junior School issued 5 suspensions, 1.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Abbots Farm Junior School are Ashlawn School (0.6 miles), Lawrence Sheriff School (1.2 miles), Rugby Free Secondary School (1.5 miles) and Houlton School (1.7 miles).
Ashlawn SchoolLawrence Sheriff SchoolRugby Free Secondary SchoolHoulton School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from April 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's March 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
The school has made impressive progress in improving behaviour and attendance, creating a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and motivated to learn. Pupils enjoy a rich curriculum with careful attention to reading and wider subjects like history and science. The school also prioritises pupil wellbeing and personal development, with strong opportunities for pupils to take on leadership roles and develop confidence.
Key Strengths
- Strong improvements in pupil behaviour and attendance through determined whole-school action
- Excellent personal development with pupils taking leadership roles and understanding respect and acceptance
- Well-developed reading curriculum with rich texts that link across subjects and build pupil understanding
- Carefully designed wider curriculum in history, geography and science that helps pupils build knowledge sensibly
- Strong support for staff wellbeing and positive relationships between staff and pupils
Areas for Improvement
- Gaps in pupils' writing skills and handwriting that prevent them from communicating their learning effectively
- Inconsistent assessment of pupil learning in core subjects, leading to repeated mistakes
- Lack of precise and targeted support for pupils with SEND due to unclear identification of their learning barriers
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with the school creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Clubs and activities, play leader responsibilities, caring for school chickens and school dog, charity fundraising
Abbots Farm Junior School is a place where pupils are keen to learn and behave well with positive relationships making them feel safe. However, the school requires improvement in the quality of education, particularly with English and mathematics outcomes at the end of Year 6.
At a Glance
16.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
33 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 68% to 72% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 52% to 74% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 63% to 71% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
32.8
Avg class size
32.8
KS2
6
Total classes
6 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Abbots Farm Junior School
Thursday Nondovers
25 Sep 2026
The final day back at school
25 Sep 2026
Condover 2026 - Day 5
25 Sep 2026
Wednesday back at school for year 6
24 Sep 2026
Condover 2026 Day 4
24 Sep 2026
Condover 2026 Day 3
23 Sep 2026
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Term dates
Abbots Farm Junior School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Warwickshire. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Abbots Farm Junior School is in Warwickshire; for families living there:
- Warwickshire's school travel policy: Free school transport for students under the age of 16
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Warwickshire is 7 (the median across 286 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
99%
Near capacity
263 pupils
264 places
1 spare place in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Rugby
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Rugby
Across Warwickshire council
Places available
7,199
Applications
6,281
Got 1st preference
88.1%
Got preferred school
98.1%
All primary applications across Warwickshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Inspection History(7)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
55
SEN Support
7
EHC Plans
23.8%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
261
Total Pupils
132
Boys
129
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
15
Teachers
17.4:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£48,759
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,139
Per pupil
£1503k
Total funding
£77k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.4%
Overall absence
13.7%
Persistent absence
270
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Abbots Farm Junior School
Questions parents ask about Abbots Farm Junior School
What are SATs results like at Abbots Farm Junior School?
Of the pupils at Abbots Farm Junior School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 72% reached the expected standard in reading and 74% did so in maths.
What is Abbots Farm Junior School's Ofsted rating?
Abbots Farm Junior School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in March 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in April 2015, it was rated Outstanding.
What is the catchment area for Abbots Farm Junior School?
No fixed boundary. When Abbots Farm Junior School is oversubscribed, Warwickshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Abbots Farm Junior School?
Abbots Farm Junior School was full in 2025, at 100% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Abbots Farm Junior School?
Classes at Abbots Farm Junior School average 32.8 pupils (2025/26). 6 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Abbots Farm Junior School?
Abbots Farm Junior School has around 261 pupils on roll. 17% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Abbots Farm Junior School?
5.4% of sessions were missed at Abbots Farm Junior School in 2024/25. 13.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Abbots Farm Junior School?
Apply through Warwickshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Abbots Farm Junior School on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
What are Abbots Farm Junior School's term dates?
Abbots Farm Junior School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Warwickshire. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027).
How many road collisions happen near Abbots Farm Junior School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Warwickshire is 7 (the median across 286 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Abbots Farm Junior School?
Abbots Farm Junior School is at Abbotts Way, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 4AP.
Sources: Warwickshire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)