Rugby School
Rugby School
Rugby School
Rugby School
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Rugby School Rugby, Warwickshire Visit
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Rugby School
Rugby
865 pupils, ages 13-18
Mixed
Day and Boarding
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Rugby School

Steeped in history and heritage, Rugby is an old, well-established school with strong traditions and a big foundation – and probably best known as the birthplace of the game that shares its name. Thousands of visitors and sports fans flock here each year from all corners of the globe to nose around the school museum and the blockbuster ancient buildings. But behind all the rugby hullabaloo, you’ll find a terrifically down-to-earth, unpretentious place that’s been educating pupils since 1567 (the school went fully co-ed in 1992). It’s a friendly place, renowned for pro...
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Rugby teachers all gathered around a pushcart bike
Pupils playing the strings in chapel
Pupils representing all the different sports on offer at Rugby
Senior boys having rugby coaching
Pupils in army combats and navy blue berets
Boy and girl wearing Rugby 360 t shirts walking in the school grounds
Girls eating fruit and pastries
Girls sitting on a blue sofa one wearing a bright red jumper
Boys hanging around chatting in their dormitory

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  • Subjects offered

  • Fees and bursaries

    Day fees per term

    Year 7-
    Year 8 -
    Year 9 £11,638
    Year 10£11,638
    Year 11£11,638
    Year 12£11,638
    Year 13£11,638
    		 Boarding fees per term

    Year 7-
    Year 8 -
    Year 9 £18,352
    Year 10 £18,352
    Year 11£18,352
    Year 12£18,352
    Year 13£18,352




    Bursaries
    Rugby’s bursary income is received from restricted and endowed funds. The School's annual investment in bursaries and awards (not including the Arnold Foundation, which is funded through donations), is over £6 million, and more than 40% of students are in receipt of some form of fee support. On top of this, the Arnold Foundation is for suitably academic applicants who demonstrate the need for boarding; this covers full fees and extras. All scholarships are honorary, and all awards, including Foundation Awards, allow access to means-tested bursary funding.

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School Updates

  • Aysgarth School to join Rugby School Group

    Aysgarth School and Rugby School are delighted to announce that Aysgarth School will join Rugby School Group from 1 July 2025.
    Aysgarth School to join Rugby School Group
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  • Rugby School - first IB students' results

    Rugby School is delighted with its first set of International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) results and congratulates the 28 pioneering students in our first cohort who have done so well.
    Rugby School - first IB students' results
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  • Anthony Anaxagorou appointed Rugby School Poet-in-Residence

    Anthony Anaxagorou, winner of this year’s Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje prize (May 2023) for his collection of poems, Heritage Aesthetics, is to become Rugby School’s Poet in Residence 2023 – 24.
    Anthony Anaxagorou appointed Rugby School Poet-in-Residence
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  • WATCH: Rugby School - Made Whole by Experience

    WATCH: Rugby School - Made Whole by Experience
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  • View from the Top: Gareth Parker-Jones on preparing children for the world after school

    View from the Top: Gareth Parker-Jones on preparing children for the world after school
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  • Rugby School student, Naomi Simon, wins BBC Young Chorister of the Year

    Rugby School student, Naomi Simon, wins BBC Young Chorister of the Year
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  • See Rugby School in our IB Focus Schools Guide.

    See Rugby School in our IB Focus Schools Guide.
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  • See Rugby School in our Senior Boarding Schools Guide.

    See Rugby School in our Senior Boarding Schools Guide.
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  • Talk Education's IB focus: Rugby School

    Talk Education's IB focus: Rugby School
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  • WATCH: An Indivisible Whole

    WATCH: An Indivisible Whole
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  • Rugby School Arnold Foundation marks 18th birthday by aiming to increase number of fully funded places

    Rugby School Arnold Foundation marks 18th birthday by aiming to increase number of fully funded places
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Rugby School is
linked with:

Bilton Grange
Bilton Grange Rugby
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Essentials

Address
Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 5EH

Contact
enquiries@rugbyschool.net
01788 556216

Website
rugbyschool.co.uk

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Fees

Term Dates

Bursaries


Open Days

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13+ Day Open Evening
29 April 2025
16+ Open Day (2026)
07 June 2025
13+ Open Day
14 June 2025
16+ Open Day (2026)
13 September 2025
13+ Open Day
27 September 2025
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