Bawnmore Community Infant School
Bawnmore Road, Rugby, CV22 6JS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Pamela Davey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- Bilton Community Federation
- Constituency
- Rugby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 178
- URN
- 125581
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01788810065
About this school
Bawnmore Community Infant School is a community primary school in Rugby. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 178 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Bawnmore Community Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 167 |
| 2023/24 | 173 |
| 2024/25 | 179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bawnmore Community Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.9% | 12.9% | 178 | — |
| Bilton CofE Junior School | 62% | 4.7% | 19.5% | 434 | 0.1 miles |
| Bilton Infant School | — | 6.3% | 28% | 124 | 0.5 miles |
| Rokeby Primary School | 45% | 8.6% | 51.9% | 219 | 0.8 miles |
| Oakfield Primary Academy | 74% | 5.2% | 33.3% | 435 | 1.0 miles |
| St Marie's Catholic Primary School | 55% | 4.4% | 20.1% | 396 | 1.0 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.85%
- English as an additional language
- 10.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.93%
- Persistent absence
- 13.93%
Location
Nearby schools
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Bilton CofE Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Rugby
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Bilton Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Rugby
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Rokeby Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rugby
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Oakfield Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Rugby
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St Marie's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Rugby
Other schools in Rugby
- Abbots Farm Infant School Primary
- Abbots Farm Junior School Primary
- Barby Church of England Primary 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 Bawnmore Community Infant School teach?
- Bawnmore Community Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Rugby.
- Who is the headteacher of Bawnmore Community Infant School?
- The headteacher of Bawnmore Community Infant School is Mrs Pamela Davey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bawnmore Community Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bawnmore Community Infant 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 Bawnmore Community Infant School?
- Bawnmore Community Infant School has 178 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Bawnmore Community Infant School full?
- Bawnmore Community Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 178 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 Bawnmore Community Infant School a faith school?
- No. Bawnmore Community Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bawnmore Community Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bawnmore Community Infant School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Bawnmore Community Infant School?
- Bawnmore Community Infant School is part of the Bilton Community Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Bawnmore Community Infant School's absence rate?
- Bawnmore Community Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Bawnmore Community Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Bawnmore Community Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.