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The homepage for Rugby School. UK leading Co-ed Independent School.
Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up to 1667, the school remained in comparative obscurity.
As one of the top academic schools in Britain, teaching and learning is at the core of what we do. Students at Rugby have the benefit of fantastic educational facilities and highly qualified staff teaching GCSE, A Level and the IB Diploma.
By engaging wholeheartedly in many things, we discover that excellence is a transferable skill – our drama boosts our DofE, our swimming strengthens our sciences. And vice versa. In fact, our results mark us out as the leading co-educational boarding school in the country.
A very warm welcome to the Admissions Department at Rugby School. We are here to help every step of the way to make the admissions journey an easy one. Having explored our website, we encourage you to come and see us, and experience Rugby School for yourself.
Rugby School is a co-educational independent boarding school, part of the Rugby School Group, providing education to pupils aged 13-18 in Warwickshire. REQUEST INFORMATION.. KEY INFORMATION: Rugby School offers GCSE, BTEC & A Level curriculum.
A brief history of Rugby School. At least two centuries of Rugby’s history are written in the stones and other monuments to tradition that stand around the School Close, where in 1823, local lad William Webb Ellis, with a fine disregard for the rules of football, took the ball in his arms and ran with it, originating the game of rugby football.
