Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre, Rugby
Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre is a secondary school for pupils aged 12 to 17 in Rugby.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in detail
Getting a place at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
Across West Northamptonshire, 76% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in West Northamptonshire lodged 394 appeals against secondary school offers; 330 reached a hearing and 34 succeeded (10.3% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre are Ashlawn School (2.3 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 50.2); Rugby Free Secondary School (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Rugby High School (2.4 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 77.1); and Harris Church of England Academy (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8).
Ashlawn SchoolRugby Free Secondary SchoolRugby High SchoolHarris Church of England Academy
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Young Offenders Institute (adjacent), 260 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 15 crimes within a mile of the school, most often other crime, violence and sexual offences and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in West Northamptonshire (90).
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
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
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 West Northamptonshire is 7 (the median across 208 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
Area Demand Pressure - Rugby
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Rugby
Across West Northamptonshire council
Places available
5,019
Applications
4,602
Got 1st preference
75.8%
Got preferred school
95.7%
All secondary applications across West Northamptonshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Questions parents ask about Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
What is the catchment area for Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre?
No fixed boundary. When Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre is oversubscribed, West Northamptonshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre?
Apply through West Northamptonshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre 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.
How many road collisions happen near Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 West Northamptonshire is 7 (the median across 208 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre?
Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre is at Willoughby, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 8SY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)