Abbots Farm Junior School
Abbotts Way, Rugby, CV21 4AP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gemma Webb
- Constituency
- Rugby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 264
- Pupils on roll
- 261
- URN
- 125580
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01788576074
About this school
Abbots Farm Junior School is a community primary school in Rugby. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 261 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 67 | 63 | 65 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 46% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 3% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 68% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 52% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 65% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Abbots Farm Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 263 |
| 2023/24 | 262 |
| 2024/25 | 265 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Abbots Farm Junior School compares
Abbots Farm Junior School ranked 89th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 5.4% | 19.6% | 261 | — |
| Abbots Farm Infant School | — | 4.8% | 8.9% | 178 | 0.0 miles |
| Eastlands Primary School | 73% | 4.3% | 15.9% | 211 | 0.5 miles |
| Paddox Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 11.5% | 663 | 0.6 miles |
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary School | 67% | 3.9% | 13.2% | 176 | 0.7 miles |
| Hillmorton Primary School | — | — | — | 456 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.62%
- English as an additional language
- 22.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.39%
- Persistent absence
- 13.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Abbots Farm Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
Eastlands Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Rugby
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Paddox Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
Hillmorton Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rugby
Other schools in Rugby
Abbots Farm Junior School ranks 13th of the 26 ranked primary schools in Rugby.
- Abbots Farm Infant School Primary
- Barby Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bawnmore Community Infant School Primary
- Bilton CofE Junior School Primary
- Bilton Infant School Primary
- Boughton Leigh Infant School Primary
- Boughton Leigh Junior School Primary
- Brownsover Community School Primary
- Cawston Grange Primary School Primary
- Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School Primary
- Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Infant Academy and Nursery Primary
- Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Abbots Farm Junior School teach?
- Abbots Farm Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Rugby.
- Who is the headteacher of Abbots Farm Junior School?
- The headteacher of Abbots Farm Junior School is Mrs Gemma Webb, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Abbots Farm Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Abbots Farm Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Abbots Farm Junior School?
- Abbots Farm Junior School has 261 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Abbots Farm Junior School full?
- Abbots Farm Junior School has capacity for 264 pupils and 261 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Abbots Farm Junior School a faith school?
- No. Abbots Farm Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Abbots Farm Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Abbots Farm Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Abbots Farm Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Abbots Farm Junior School rank locally?
- Abbots Farm Junior School ranked 89th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Abbots Farm Junior School's absence rate?
- Abbots Farm Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Abbots Farm Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbots Farm Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.