Rugby School Rugby, Warwickshire Visit
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Rugby School
Rugby

861 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 representing all the different sports on offer at Rugby

Pupils in army combats and navy blue berets

Boy and girl wearing Rugby 360 t shirts walking in the school grounds

Girls sitting on a blue sofa one wearing a bright red jumper

Boys hanging around chatting in their dormitory

Academic results

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Subjects offered

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Fees and bursaries

Day fees per term

Year 7	-
Year 8	-
Year 9	£8,770
Year 10	£8,770
Year 11	£8,770
Year 12	£8,770
Year 13	£8,770

Boarding fees per term

Year 7	-
Year 8	-
Year 9	£13,970
Year 10	£13,970
Year 11	£13,970
Year 12	£13,970
Year 13	£13,970

Bursaries
Rugby’s bursary income is received from restricted and endowed funds. The annual cost of bursaries (not including the Arnold Foundation, which is funded through donations), is £2.6 million. Pupils do not need to win a scholarship in order to be considered for a bursary. The school’s Foundation Award is aimed at day pupils living within a 20-mile radius of the school and carries a five per cent fee remission (this can increase up to 100 per cent through means-tested bursary assistance), while the new 1823 Bursary Fund will offer means-tested places (of up to 100 per cent of fees and extras) for boys or girls who show significant promise and aptitude for sport and a commitment to rugby.

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School Updates

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.

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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.

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WATCH: Rugby School - Made Whole by Experience

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Global Pass kicks off Rugby School's bicentenary celebration of Rugby Football
Birthplace of the game of rugby, Rugby School will officially kick off its bicentenary celebrations by sending out 200 balls to be passed around the world during 2023.

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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

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Rugby School Japan on track to open in September 2023
Rugby School Japan (RSJ), due to open in September 2023, will have the capacity to educate 780 day and boarding students from Year 7 to Year 13.

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See Rugby School in our IB Focus Schools Guide.

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See Rugby School in our Senior Boarding Schools Guide.

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'Ones to Watch'
Rugby Schools Cricketing Stars

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Talk Education's IB focus: Rugby School

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Rugby School Online - Exam Revision Courses

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Rugby School's Kaede Sugano wins GSK Young Engineer Award

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WATCH: An Indivisible Whole

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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 Rugby

Essentials

Address
Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 5EH

Contact
enquiries@rugbyschool.net
01788 556216

Website
rugbyschool.co.uk

ISI Report

Fees

Term Dates

Bursaries

Open Days

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13+ Day Entry Open Day
10 October 2023

13+ Boarding Open Day
25 November 2023

13+ Boarding Open Day
03 February 2024

16+ Entry Open Day
24 February 2024

13+ Boarding Open Day
02 March 2024

13+ Day Entry Open Day
23 April 2024

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