Boughton Leigh Infant School, Rugby

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades Boughton Leigh Infant School on 7 areas: 2 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance has been a priority for leaders over recent months."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have put in place a coherent personal development programme."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Some pupils do not achieve as well as they should."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders prioritise the teaching of reading, writing and mathematics."

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders prioritise the teaching of early reading and mathematics."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders identify the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those with other vulnerabilities carefully."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and what needs to be better."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further develop staff expertise so that they can better match teaching and the curriculum to the starting points of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and lower attaining pupils, including those in the specialist resourced provision"; "Leaders should monitor the impact of support for pupils with SEND more closely to ensure that learning targets are sufficiently precise and that staff are implementing suitable strategies to enable these pupils to make the progress they should"; "Leaders should ensure that the new approaches to teaching handwriting and spelling are implemented effectively so that pupils secure the foundational knowledge they need to write fluently and accurately, particularly pupils with SEND and those with lower starting points"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils who have gaps in their foundational knowledge in reading and writing receive the support they need to catch up quickly"; "Leaders should ensure that staff in the early years deliver the curriculum consistently well, including planning activities that have clear learning intentions and maximising opportunities to engage in high-quality interactions with children to develop their language and vocabulary"; "Leaders and governors should continue to increase the pace of school improvement and monitor the impact of their actions more precisely so that changes are embedded quickly and consistently across the school".

From the headteacher's welcome: "We like to work closely with parents/carers and we recognise it is important that you choose a school where you feel confident your child will be cared for, valued and most importantly will be happy. Your child will then be ready to learn."

The school runs after-school care.

For September 2026 entry, 51 families put Boughton Leigh Infant School as their first choice and 126 named it as one of their preferences, for 57 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Boughton Leigh Infant School are Boughton Leigh Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 61% reading, 59% maths); Brownsover Community School (0.4 miles, Good); The Griffin Primary School (0.8 miles); and Rugby Free Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 85% reading, 73% maths).

38.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (43%), Asian (19%) and Black (10%).

Boughton Leigh Infant School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 8 places, 5 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Rugby Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Boughton Leigh Schools (adjacent), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 139 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Boughton Leigh Infant School issued 4 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Boughton Leigh Infant School are The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College (1.2 miles) and Lawrence Sheriff School (1.4 miles).