Cawston Grange Primary School, Rugby

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades Cawston Grange Primary School on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils at the school attain well."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have implemented effective systems to rigorously monitor attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The school has ensured that the curriculum is broad, balanced and highly ambitious."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children settle quickly into school."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "The school's highly inclusive culture ensures that all pupils feel a real sense of belonging and can thrive."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders share a very strong vision that all pupils can, and will, feel included, achieve and thrive."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders' highly ambitious approach to pupils' personal development and wellbeing is a particularly strong feature of the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed their work to ensure that the impact for disadvantaged pupils means they achieve as highly as they can"; "Those responsible for governance should continue to develop and embed communication between the local accountability board and trust leaders".

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at Cawston Grange Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 80% in reading and 76% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 73 families put Cawston Grange Primary School as their first choice and 150 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 14 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Cawston Grange Primary School are Henry Hinde Infant School (0.4 miles, Good); Henry Hinde School (0.5 miles, Good, 54% reading, 43% maths); Bilton Infant School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement); and Bawnmore Community Infant School (1.1 miles, Good).

Cawston Grange Primary School is one of 5 schools run by Triumph Learning Trust, an academy trust.

94 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Cawston Grange Primary School (as of April 2026): 96% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

11.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Cawston Grange Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 8 places, 8 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Rugby Rail Station, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Callier Way (opposite), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cawston Grange Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 53 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88).

In 2024/25, Cawston Grange Primary School issued 21 suspensions, 4.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Cawston Grange Primary School are Bilton School (0.3 miles), Rugby High School (0.9 miles) and Harris Church of England Academy (1.4 miles).