The Griffin Primary School, Rugby
The Griffin Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Rugby. For 2026 entry it had 1.6 first-choice applications for every place. It was 29% full in 2025.
- Demand
- 1.6 first choices per place
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Warwickshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
The Griffin Primary School in detail
The Griffin Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £5.50 per session.
Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Warwickshire
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting a place at The Griffin Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 47 families put The Griffin Primary School as their first choice and 121 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 19 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at The Griffin Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to The Griffin Primary School are Brownsover Community School (0.6 miles, Good); Rugby Free Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 85% reading, 73% maths); Boughton Leigh Junior School (0.8 miles, Good, 61% reading, 59% maths); and Boughton Leigh Infant School (0.8 miles, Good).
Brownsover Community SchoolRugby Free Primary SchoolBoughton Leigh Junior SchoolBoughton Leigh Infant School
Who goes there
5.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 27.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (40%), Asian (25%) and Mixed (18%).
In 2026, 12 pupils (9.7%) received SEN support and 6 (4.8%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.
Staffing
The Griffin Primary School had 5 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Rugby Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Griffin Primary 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
The Griffin Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; 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
No inspection data available
At a Glance
5.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
30.0
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
3
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Term dates
The Griffin Primary School is a free school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Warwickshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to The Griffin Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. The Griffin Primary 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
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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 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.
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Your chances of a place at The Griffin Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
29%
Available places
60 pupils
210 places
150 spare places 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.
This school: 1.6 first choices per place
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
12
SEN Support
6
EHC Plans
14.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
124
Total Pupils
69
Boys
55
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
5
Teachers
24.8:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£48,241
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,906
Per pupil
£576k
Total funding
£6k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
3.7%
Overall absence
6.5%
Persistent absence
31
Enrolments
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
The Griffin Primary School
Questions parents ask about The Griffin Primary School
What is the catchment area for The Griffin Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When The Griffin Primary 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 The Griffin Primary School?
The Griffin Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 29% of its 210 places.
How big are the classes at The Griffin Primary School?
Classes at The Griffin Primary School average 30 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to The Griffin Primary School?
The Griffin Primary School has around 124 pupils on roll. 6% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at The Griffin Primary School?
3.7% of sessions were missed at The Griffin Primary School in 2024/25. 6.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to The Griffin Primary School?
Apply through Warwickshire's coordinated admissions process, naming The Griffin Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near The Griffin Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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 Warwickshire is 7 (the median across 286 schools, same distance and years).
Where is The Griffin Primary School?
The Griffin Primary School is at Lower Lodge Avenue, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1NU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)