The Griffin Primary School
The Griffin Primary School is a free school in Rugby for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 124 pupils and room for 242. About 6 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Lower Lodge Avenue, Rugby, CV21 1NU01788 249115thegriffinprimary.ukMrs Alison Hine headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
150 places were empty (71% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Warwickshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Moderate learning difficulty (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2), Hearing impairment (1), Physical disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 124 | 102 | 65 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 6% | 5% | 5% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.0% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 6.5% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsover Community School | Council | 0.6 miles | 123 | Good 2024 | 12 | Compare |
| Rugby Free Primary School | Free school | 0.7 miles | 422 | Good 2023 | 68 | Compare |
| Boughton Leigh Infant School | Council | 0.8 miles | 257 | Good 2022 | 24 | Compare |
| Boughton Leigh Junior School | Council | 0.8 miles | 477 | Good 2023 | 11 | Compare |
| Riverside Academy | Academy | 1.4 miles | 233 | Outstanding 2024 | 91 | Compare |
| Northlands Primary School | Council | 1.6 miles | 208 | Not inspected | 69 | Compare |
| Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School | Church of England | 1.6 miles | 224 | No overall grade 2025 | 49 | Compare |
| St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School | Church of England | 1.7 miles | 342 | Report card 2026 | 10 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Griffin Primary School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Griffin Primary School yet.
How many pupils does The Griffin Primary School have?
124 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 242 places, so it is 51% full.
Is The Griffin Primary School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 150 places were empty in 2024/25 (71% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at The Griffin Primary School?
Pupils were in school 96.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 6% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at The Griffin Primary School?
The average class had 30.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Lower Lodge Avenue, Rugby, CV21 1NU
- Telephone
- 01788 249115
- Website
- www.thegriffinprimary.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Hine
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Single-academy trust
- The Griffin Primary School Academy Trust (1 schools)
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Ward
- Coton and Boughton
- Constituency
- Rugby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2023 (academy free school)
- URN
- 149781 · LAESTAB 9372072 · UKPRN 10093073
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.