St Gabriel's CofE Academy

About St Gabriel's CofE Academy

St Gabriel's CofE Academy stands out sharply against the Warwickshire primary average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 91% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a local authority average of 62% — a gap of nearly thirty percentage points. The school also excels at the higher standard: 23% of pupils achieved that combined benchmark, while 46% reached it in reading and 46% in maths. Average scaled scores sit at 108 for reading and 110 for maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. These figures place St Gabriel's first among 28 primary schools in Rugby and in the top 2% nationally. It is worth noting that the school is oversubscribed, with 127 applications for 59 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, and 71 of those were first-preference choices — a clear sign that local families recognise the strength of its academic outcomes.

Ofsted inspectors visited in February 2023 and rated the school Good across every category: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The report, published in March 2023, shows no previous graded inspection on record, so this is the school's first full inspection under the current framework. The Progress 8 measure is not available for primary schools, but the Key Stage 2 data tells its own story. Writing is the only area where the proportion reaching the higher standard (29%) lags behind reading and maths, though 91% still met the expected standard. The school's ranking score of 91 places it fourth in the wider Warwickshire LA, behind three top-scoring peers including Mappleborough Green CofE Primary and St Mary's Catholic Primary, both of which scored 100.

The school serves 433 pupils against a capacity of 420, with 13.2% eligible for free school meals — slightly below the national average. It offers a nursery provision for children aged three and above, and the site includes a forest school, chapel, library, sports hall, gymnasium, ICT suite, and outdoor playground. Sports on offer include athletics, cross country, gymnastics, dance, football, swimming and rounders, while clubs range from drama and choir to chess, gardening, film club and eco club. The SEND register covers specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health support. For families seeking a Church of England primary with strong academic results and a broad extracurricular offer, St Gabriel's is clearly a popular choice — oversubscription by a factor of 2.15 confirms that demand outstrips supply.

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