Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior Academy

About Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior Academy

Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior Academy was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2025, a change from its previous Outstanding rating in 2012. The school’s most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which stood at 70% in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits comfortably above the Warwickshire local authority average of 62%, placing the school 49th out of 196 primary schools of the same type in the county. Within the Rugby area specifically, the school ranks 9th out of 28 schools, putting it in the top third locally. The Ofsted report noted that quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management are all Good. The school is a Church of England junior academy for pupils aged 7 to 11, with a mixed intake and a capacity of 264, currently home to 261 pupils.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the school performed particularly well in reading, where 88% of pupils met the expected standard and 39% reached the higher standard. In writing, 81% met the expected standard and 6% achieved the higher standard, while in maths, 80% met the expected standard and 33% reached the higher standard. The average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 106 in maths. Just 6% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. The school’s ranking score of 70, based on the combined expected standard metric, places it in the top 50% nationally and regionally. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 13.8%, slightly below the national average for primary schools.

The school offers a range of facilities including a sensory room, music rooms, a library, an ICT suite and a chapel. Sports provision covers tennis, athletics, cricket, rounders, cross country, gymnastics and dance, while clubs include coding, eco club, science club, chess and choir. The school has a broad SEND offer, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses, collected between September 2024 and September 2025 from 103 respondents, show 58% would recommend the school. However, only 20% of respondents had children with SEND, and among those, 48% strongly disagreed that the school gives SEND children the support they need, while 38% disagreed. The school is oversubscribed by just three pupils, so admission is competitive but not extremely tight. This is a solidly performing junior school that suits families prioritising above-average academic outcomes in a Church of England setting, particularly those whose children do not have SEND needs.

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