Contested schools in Warwickshire

These are the Warwickshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Warwickshire

Secondary schools (27)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Warwickshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
King Edward VI School	87	221	2.54
Stratford Girls' Grammar School	120	289	2.41
Lawrence Sheriff School	150	319	2.13
Alcester Grammar School	149	293	1.97
Rugby High School	150	249	1.66
Rugby Free Secondary School	168	234	1.39
St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College	156	201	1.29
Kenilworth School and Sixth Form	319	385	1.21
Southam College	256	297	1.16
Kineton High School	172	192	1.12
Alcester Academy	131	145	1.11
Higham Lane North Academy	142	158	1.11
North Leamington School	228	247	1.08
Etone College	175	184	1.05
Studley High School	155	163	1.05
Houlton School	172	179	1.04
Henley In Arden School	133	134	1.01
Oakley School	170	171	1.01
Myton School	275	276	1
The Polesworth School	243	238	0.98
The Queen Elizabeth Academy	153	148	0.97
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College	208	199	0.96
Higham Lane School	248	217	0.88
Harris Church of England Academy	179	147	0.82
Campion School	203	156	0.77
Ashlawn School	245	186	0.76
Stratford Upon Avon School	349	242	0.69

Primary schools (89)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Warwickshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Oakley School	29	57	1.97
Clinton Primary School	29	56	1.93
Brailes Church of England Primary School	14	25	1.79
The Griffin Primary School	29	47	1.62
Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School	30	47	1.57
St Nicolas CofE Academy	59	91	1.54
Claverdon Primary School	30	46	1.53
Ilmington CofE Primary School	15	23	1.53
Bournebrook CofE Primary School	25	38	1.52
Welford-on-Avon Primary School	30	45	1.50
Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School	31	46	1.48
Milverton Primary School	45	66	1.47
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School	15	22	1.47
Eastlands Primary School	30	43	1.43
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School	30	42	1.40
Wootton Wawen CofE Primary School	15	21	1.40
Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy	69	96	1.39
Birchwood Primary School	60	83	1.38
Harbury CofE Primary School	30	41	1.37
St Francis Catholic Academy	29	39	1.34
The Canons C of E Primary School	89	119	1.34
Riverside Academy	30	40	1.33
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School	30	40	1.33
St Gabriel's CofE Academy	60	80	1.33
Kineton Church of England Primary School	29	38	1.31
Bishops Itchington Primary School	30	39	1.30
Stockton Primary School	14	18	—
Austrey CofE Primary School	15	19	—
Barford St Peter's CofE Primary School	30	38	1.27
Hillmorton Primary School	60	76	1.27
Priors Field Primary School	30	38	1.27
Radford Semele CofE Primary School	30	38	1.27
Cubbington CofE Primary School	30	37	1.23
Milby Primary School	60	74	1.23
Briar Hill Infant School	90	110	1.22
Cawston Grange Primary School	60	73	1.22
Southam Primary School	60	73	1.22
Ettington CofE Primary School	30	36	1.20
Studley Infants' School	45	54	1.20
Woodside CofE Primary School	30	36	1.20
Water Orton Primary School	44	52	1.18
Wembrook Primary School	88	103	1.17
Wolston St Margaret's CofE Primary School	29	33	1.14
Alveston CofE Primary School	30	34	1.13
Nursery Hill Primary School	30	34	1.13
All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton	30	33	1.10
Wolvey CofE Primary School	30	33	1.10
Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery	29	31	1.07
Temple Herdewyke Primary School	15	16	—
St Edward's Catholic Primary School	29	30	1.03
Thorns Community Infant School	59	61	1.03
Woodloes Primary School	36	37	1.03
Dunnington CofE Primary School	12	12	—
Kingsbury Primary School	24	24	1
Shrubland Street Community Primary School	27	27	1
The Priors School	13	13	—
St Anne's Catholic Academy	29	28	0.97
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Nuneaton	60	58	0.97
Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School	45	43	0.96
Coughton CofE Primary School	25	24	0.96
Knightlow CofE Primary School	25	24	0.96
Lapworth CofE Primary School	25	24	0.96
Bawnmore Community Infant School	59	55	0.93
Galley Common Infant School	40	37	0.93
Myton Gardens	59	55	0.93
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Princethorpe	14	13	—
Rugby Free Primary School	61	57	0.93
Snitterfield Primary School	14	13	—
St Peter's Catholic Primary School	15	14	—
Warton Nethersole's CofE Primary School	30	28	0.93
Wellesbourne CofE Primary School	60	56	0.93
Coten End Primary School	88	81	0.92
St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School	25	23	0.92
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor	11	10	—
Quinton Primary School	29	26	0.90
St Nicholas CofE Primary	52	47	0.90
Wheelwright Lane Primary School	29	26	0.90
Burton Green Church of England Academy	15	13	—
Camp Hill Primary School	60	52	0.87
High Meadow Community School	23	20	0.87
Acorns Primary School	14	12	—
Temple Grafton CofE Primary School	13	11	—
Lower Farm Academy	57	48	0.84
Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School	18	15	—
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	29	24	0.83
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School	56	46	0.82
Heathcote Primary School	59	47	0.80
Shustoke CofE Primary School	27	21	0.78
Brownsover Community School	28	21	0.75

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.