Nicholas Chamberlaine School, Bedworth

In 2026, pupils at Nicholas Chamberlaine School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50 in Warwickshire and 47 across England.

22% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Warwickshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 36.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.51: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 31, against 39.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, French and History.

For September 2026 entry, 227 families put Nicholas Chamberlaine School as their first choice and 340 named it as one of their preferences, for 242 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 secondary schools to Nicholas Chamberlaine School are Foxford Community School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.6); George Eliot Academy (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); Ash Green School (2.4 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 45.5); and St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Nicholas Chamberlaine School.

Nicholas Chamberlaine School is one of 13 schools run by The Griffin Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 243 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 76% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 55 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 26% into work. 6% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

33.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 11.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%) and Asian (6%).

The nearest railway station is Bedworth Rail Station, about 550 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is York Avenue (opposite), 140 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 202 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Nicholas Chamberlaine School issued 551 suspensions, 38.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Nicholas Chamberlaine School are St Michael's Church of England Academy (0.2 miles), All Saints Bedworth CofE Academy (0.3 miles), St Francis Catholic Academy (0.5 miles) and Race Leys Infant School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.