Hillmorton Primary School
Watts Lane, Hillmorton, Rugby, CV21 4PE
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Hillmorton Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Bryony Harrison
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Rugby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 425
- URN
- 130887
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
About this school
Hillmorton Primary School was a community primary school in Rugby. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 425 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hillmorton Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1996, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 60 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 63% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 20% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 75% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 75% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 78% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.70 | - | - |
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 Hillmorton Primary 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 | 52% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 386 |
| 2023/24 | 421 |
| 2024/25 | 425 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hillmorton Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 3.2% | 13.4% | 425 | — |
| Hillmorton Primary School | — | — | — | 456 | 0.0 miles |
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary School | 67% | 3.9% | 13.2% | 176 | 0.4 miles |
| Abbots Farm Junior School | 62% | 5.4% | 19.6% | 261 | 0.8 miles |
| Abbots Farm Infant School | — | 4.8% | 8.9% | 178 | 0.9 miles |
| Paddox Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 11.5% | 663 | 1.1 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)
- 13.41%
- English as an additional language
- 15.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.17%
- Persistent absence
- 4.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hillmorton Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
Abbots Farm Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
Abbots Farm Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
Paddox Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Rugby
Other schools in Rugby
- Abbots Farm Infant School Primary
- Abbots Farm Junior 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
Common questions
- What ages does Hillmorton Primary School teach?
- Hillmorton Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Rugby.
- Has Hillmorton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hillmorton Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Hillmorton Primary School?
- Hillmorton Primary School had 425 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Hillmorton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hillmorton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hillmorton Primary 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 31 August 2025.