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Celebration Assemblies

At the end of last term we celebrated our students in our Celebration Assemblies with recognition of academic achievements and also extra-curricular achievements. Well done to them all!

Key Stage 3

Year 7

English - Ria Badwal
Maths - Ava Benning
Science - Shivi Thakor
Computer Science - Sophie Thomas
Art and Design - Fern Ow
French - Jabrina Jadson
Spanish - Anika Bhave
Latin - Kenuli Wikramasekara
Drama - Serah Thomas
Music - Francesca Raducanu
Geography - Natasha Bhowmick
History - Thanushree Mittapalli
PRS - Alina Turan-Jurdzinska
PE - Juliet Henning
PSHE - Keira Samra
 

Year 8

English - Izzy  Ademokun
Maths - Katie Constable
Science - Sai Mudadla
Computer Science - Hiba Soomro
Art and Design - Alisha Moopan
Textiles - Daria Heroiu
Food - Sophia Henry
French - Adhya Joshi
Spanish - Efesombia Airhihen
Latin - Laasya Bhavineni
Drama - Jathusha Suthaharan
Music - Nicole Allenby
Geography - Maryam Elsayed
History - Sai Charita Chintalapudi
PRS - Hiya Mukherjee
PE - Betsy Fahey
PSHE - Louise Merry

Year 9

English - Asia-Mei Wattling
Maths - Rachel Hoy
Science - Xuyan Shangguan
Computer Science - Ese Aiguomudu
Art and Design - Evelyn Huhle
Textiles - Minal Tailor
Food - Eshaal Abbas
French - Sofia Allen
Spanish - Vaibhavi Subhindra
Latin  - Liv Bexon-Walsh
Drama - Aimee Marriott
Music - Anushka Krishna
Geography - Irene Babu
History - Kai Okafor
PRS - Eilidh de Bruin
PE - Sofia Chabi
PSHE - Nina Brennan

Extra-curricular achievements

Freia McCall - for running a weekly linguistic club to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for linguistics with others
Anushay Pervez - for amazing attendance at football club, and stepping up into her role as a mentor as well as a player
Tiana Tehrani - for showing great interest in theatre and drama and attending the Friday live play lunchtime sessions
Emili Cela, Zoe Challis - for commitment to orchestra and Choir and performing at the recital
Emma Artiss and Elspeth Pheasant - for commitment to band and performing in multiple events around the school
Pirum Sahota - in archery she came 2nd in a National Competition
Grace Rankin - for almost winning her Magistrates competition
Sophia Henry - for reaching her red belt in Taekwondo after working up to it for ages
Louise Lui - for her dedication and efforts in her mandarin lessons and is always working hard outside of school
Catherin Yu - is part of the Rugby U12 team which won a bronze medal in the national artistic swimming championships competition lately. She is also selected to do solo as she is the highest ranked in Rugby in U12. She was selected to join the regional elite squad early in the year, and got the opportunity to train at the World Class Programme Centre in Bristol next weekend.
Zoe Copeland - stepped up to referee an U13s games against another school this term.

Headteacher’s Awards

Year 7 - Amelie Yerlett, 7S
Year 8 - Shree Sagabali, 8S
Year 9 - Rachel Hoy, 9G

Key Stage 4

Year 10

English Language - Amelie Timms
Maths - Iris Parsons
Biology - Shaashvati Suresh
Chemistry - Sirisha Gupta
Physics - Chloe Bartholomew
Computer Science - Tobi Okusanya
Business Studies - Jessica Hewage
Art and Design - Breesha Corkish
Food - Isabel Selvin
French - Santhana Rahullamathavan
Spanish - Ema Litvinenko
Latin - Bestly Azogu
Drama - Poppy French
Music - Jenny Mynott
Geography - Maliha Rahman
History - Ava Luntley
PRS - Kaila Joy
PE GCSE - Sofia England
PE Core - Saanvi Kadam

Year 11

English Language - Amulya Huller
English Literature - Olly Bond
Maths - Yasmin Patel 
Biology - Isabella Garcia-Moya
Chemistry - Millie Butler
Physics - Anwita Mahesh
Science - Sarah Carbunco
Computer Science - Chloe Wensley
Business Studies - Harriet Humphrey
Art and Design - Astrid Bastable
Textiles - Izzy Sheath
Food - Tanishka Garg
French - Alice Perraut
Latin - Ada Azogu
Spanish - Anya Parmar
Drama - Sorcha Moore
Music - Ana Venkatramanan
Geography - Freya Somerset
History - Amelia Earles
PRS - Jugani Malaravan
PE - Core - Sarrinah Ahmed
PE - GCSE - Penelope Bridge

Extra-curricular achievements

Izzy Sheath - Poetry brilliance - in Young Foyles competition and for being champion in the 60m arena-eventing Winter league at Newbold
Gunjan Shrimali - Poetry By Heart KS4 winner for RHS
Jesse Humphreys - helps out with U15 lunchtime cricket club and attends fixtures to help keep score
Olivia McGhee, Jugani Malaravan, Casey Anne-Milton, Alice Perraut, Amritha Nair and Amulya Hulle - for taking part in the Ethics Cup.
Iris Parsons - for commitment to Choir and Orchestra and performing in multiple events across the school and achieving a merit in grade 6 piano.
Jenny Mynott - for commitment to Choir and Orchestra and performing in multiple events across the school and for being accepted into the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Lilla Dobo - for commitment to Band and performing in multiple events across the school
Addy Woo, Anya Parmar and Olly Bond - for commitment to Orchestra and performing in multiple events across the school.
Olivia Davey - for commitment to Choir and performing in multiple events across the school.
Izzy Barr - for being selected for Warwickshire County team for the next season
Poppy French - her team (she is playing a year up for U16) have just won the league and not lost or drawn a match all season
Leah Hobson - cast as Judy Bernly, lead character in 9to5 the musical at Rugby Theatre
Jazmine Dickens-King - cast as violet Beauregarde, one of the leading roles in a production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Ria Patel - achieving a high distinction in grade 7 singing
Amelia Ryl - achieving 3rd place in her black belt Taekwondo competition

Headteacher’s Awards

Year 10 - Michelle Famuyiwa, 10R
Year 11 - Visali  Manokaran, 11H

Key Stage 5

KS5’s assembly opened with a performance from our talented orchestra playing ‘Grasswalk’ from Plants vs Zombies! Dr Carr and Mrs D-B welcomed students and emphasised how proud they are of them as it takes a lot to get through an A Level course!

Year 12

English Language - Alexia Maniyalagan
English Literature - Alessia Stokoe
Maths - Sophie Donovan 
Further Maths - Ria Dhinsa 
Biology - Megan Clark
Chemistry - Sophie Chang
Physics - Sofia Nicolson
Computer Science - Eilidh Cowe
Sociology - Nehal Gutur
Business Studies - Emily Kilborn
Economics - Georgie Stoddart
Art and Design - Seya Bhabra
French - Eleanor  Newey
Spanish - Okiki Arannilewa
Classical Civilisation - William Gibbs
Drama - Matthew Gooch
Geography - Sophia Rochelle
History - Ava Farrelly
Politics - Tianna Gahungu
PRS - Freya Randle
Music - Alice Doull
PE - Rebecca Eaton
EPQ - Isla Peters

Year 13

English Language - Sasha Dodds
English Literature - Eva Diaz-Aliste
Maths - Sana Deshpande 
Further Maths - Nosang Lawati 
Biology - Salesia Salvio
Chemistry - Sasha Bobby
Physics - Nia Jones
Computer Science - Ellie Box
Sociology - Grace Robinson
Business Studies - Isabel Morgan
Economics - Jack Cooke
Art and Design - Emily Cartwright
French - Edie Lenehan
Spanish - Ellen Goodwin
Latin - Daisy York
Drama - Izzy Meede
Music - Jack Woodhouse
Geography - Ellie Laird
History - Rose Ridley
Politics - Olivia Kuszek
PRS - Chloe Constantine
PSHE - Blessy Matthew
Art and Textiles - Priya Lovell

Extra-curricular achievements

Yousaf  Alawi - Poetry brilliance: Young Foyles competition
Emily Hutton - RHS Poetry By Heart winner for KS5
Nishad Deulkar - British Physics Olympiad: through to the training camp and final selection for Paris team 2025. He also entered the Astrophysics Olympiad and received a Silver award, and has written an essay on Telescopes for the TRM Essay Competition
Nosang Lawati - Maths Club - running fun activities and games for KS3 students - the students have really enjoyed the activities she has run!
Nosang Lawati - Runs a beginner's Latin group every Tuesday which is hugely appreciated by her peers.
Katie Nicholls - Has shown consistent support for our extra-curricular football since she started in Year 12. Turns up every week, whatever the weather, and is happy to do anything to help - encouraging younger players, joining in.
Sophia Rochelle, Daniela Olanrewaju, Olivia Ouattara, Ava Farrelly, Izzy Herron, Daisy Burke, Lucy Pittam,       Emily Schiesaro, Hannah Deaves, Izzy Meede, Aleesha Shariff and Kodi Okafor - For taking part in the Ethics Cup.
Poppy Goodwin - for running Uproar Drama Club
Aimee Jones - for attendance at all Music groups in extra-curricular (choir and orchestra)
Rosie Revell and Dariush Khorram - support our extra-curricular football club and has refereed an U13s game against another school
Jess Bila Patel and Charles Porter - support our extra-curricular football club and has run the line for us in an U13s game

Headteacher’s Awards

Year 12 - Khadijah Minhas, 12D
Year 13 - Phoebe Hirons, 13A

House Points Winners announced

House points totals at the end of Spring Term 2025 have been announced this week! House points have been totalled up for last term and the term’s house points winners is Rauf house with 4913, winning by a narrow margin of 11 house points. They win a house prize afternoon treat next term!

Mr Phillips also drew the house points’ raffle this week, where every student gets 1 raffle ticket in the draw for every 10 house points they have earned. The winners get a £10 gift card of their choice!

Free 11+ familiarisation materials for Pupil premium pupils

We’ve partnered with Atom Learning, a leading 11+ preparation and Key Stage 2 learning website, to provide free KS2 learning and 11+ support to primary school children (both boys and girls) who are eligible for Pupil Premium.

We’re proud to be open to students from all backgrounds and the goal of this partnership is to encourage even greater representation at our school and support families in our community. Eligible students will receive access to Atom Home for free (normally £575.90 a year). There is a free trial available for non-pupil premium families as well.

Atom Home is an online learning and exam preparation platform for ages 7-11, designed to build children’s confidence with Key Stage 2 learning objectives and familiarise them with the style of questions they may see in the 11+. Covering English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, children can practise 11+ questions and explore learning resources, mock tests, video tutorials, and exam preparation materials.

Do you know someone who is eligible?

If you know someone whose child is preparing for the 11+, or is in need of extra Key Stage 2 learning support, please share this link with them: https://www.rugbyhighschool.co.uk/admissions/free11plusmaterials

After completing the form on this page, their primary school will receive a notification to verify their pupil premium eligibility. Once confirmed by their school, their Atom Home account will be created.

If you would like to find out more, please email pupilpremium@atomlearning.com.

Remarkable Rugby

Georgia Merrett (Year 12) and Kim Oyugi (Year 13) have dedicated almost every Wednesday lunchtime, since the start of the school year, to run a Touch / Tag Rugby club for our students. They have been such a positive inspiration to the younger years and have made sessions fun and active, whilst focussing on skill and strategy. We would like to really show my appreciation to them for promoting this sport and giving up their time to help progress others.

As we go into the Summer term our extra-curricular sports will now change....but Georgia has already said she is still prepared to keep the club going - (Kim will be busy sitting her A Levels and we wish her all the luck and success in these). So, for anyone else that would like to come along and join the club - Wednesday lunchtimes 1-1.40pm.

Share Project

Are you a parent of a child or young person with SEND and/or EBSA? The Share Project has been set up by Sue Jones, a mum to an AuDHD child. 

The Share Project offers self-help and relaxation exercises, quick and simple strategies to strengthen your coping skills, overcome overwhelm, feel calm and regain your spark in just a few minutes each day.

 Click here to visit the Share Project's website to find out more 

Match report against Rugby Free School: U13s Rugby High School 1 (Anya) - 6 Rugby Free School

Despite a great supply of 'fresh legs' for this game, with our record squad of 14 players, Rugby Free had the edge and won convincingly by six goals to one. We were 2-0 down by half time, but started the second half with an excellent goal from Anya. However, despite consistent hard work from our players, Rugby Free scored another four goals (one a penalty) and we were not able to get any more of our shots past their goal keeper, despite some great runs from all of our forwards. At the end of the game, Rugby Free chose Efe and Melisa as joint players of the match. We kept our spirits up until the end, still trying to get another goal right until the final whistle. Great determination on display again, and we'd like to thank our sixth form team of officials, Rosie (ref) and Charles and Jess (linos), who did a great job and made some difficult decisions.

Photo caption: standing l-r, Rohitha R, Holly S, Eva L, Eva SB, Riya S, Caoimhe A, Sophie M, McKayla O, Christina A, Rosie R, Efe A, Charles P, Jess BP.

Kneeling l-r, Ella J, Melisa B, Nimi K.all matches

Match report against Houlton: U13s Rugby High School 2 (Caoimhe, Efe) - 5 Houlton

Photo caption l-r standing, Anushay P, Holly S, Eva L (C), Eva SB, Anya H, McKayla O, Riya S, Sophie M, Zoe C. L-r kneeling, Ella J, Rohitha R, Melisa B, Efe A, Caoimhe A.

Another beautiful sunny afternoon for the final game in our East Warwickshire competition, but victory was not be ours, despite leading the scoring with a goal from Caoimhe, following a corner from Eva SB. Houlton quickly restored the balance, and we were losing by half time. The second half continued in a similar way but we did have a glorious goal from Efe following another epic run and it was very well deserved! We had another big squad with many subs, but we couldn't redress the balance in time. Huge thanks to our fabulous year 9 team of officials, with Anushay on the line and Zoe making her refereeing debut. Caoimhe was rightfully named player of the match by Houlton, a testament to her hard work both on and off the pitch! Dr Brown and Mr Phillips felt proud of our squad, who again battled to the end, and proud too of the older students this season who have stepped up, and stepped out their comfort zones to officiate at the interschool matches, they are a credit to the RHS community.

Spotlight on a Science Technician

We’d like to highlight the wonderful Science technicians we have at Rugby High School. They work so hard behind the scenes ensuring our Science lessons are resourced with safe, interesting and exciting practicals and demonstrations. In this issue our highlighted technician is Senior Science Technician, Mr Broderick!

1. When did you join Rugby High School and how did you get into the role of Science Technician?

I joined Rugby High School as a Biology Technician in 2014 having just completed a degree in Marine Biology and not quite sure what I wanted to do next. I then took over as a Senior Science Technician in 2021 taking on the role of Chemistry Technician as well.

2.  What various jobs do you do in your role?

Preparing and delivering practical lessons, washing up used glassware, stock taking and ordering chemicals, washing up, making and fixing equipment, washing up, maintaining labs, disposing of waste chemicals, washing up, organising the photocopying of worksheets and many other tasks to support the smooth running of the science department.

3. Describe what a typical day might be like?

There isn’t really any such thing as a typical day in this job, as it can vary so much day to day. I am responsible for the upkeep of two of the labs and for 60 lessons per week but some weeks only a few practicals may be ordered, whilst other weeks every one of these lessons may need a practical prepared for it. When there are fewer practical lessons to prepare we are able to spend more of our time doing other important tasks that often get put on the backburner during busier periods. Routine tasks are often also interspersed with first aid calls or troubleshooting technical issues in labs.

4. Do you receive ongoing training and if so, what?

I have done various training courses over the years including Microbiology, Microscope Maintenance and Health & Safety. I am also trained as a First Aider. Most of our ongoing training is gained through sharing of expertise with other technicians either at this school or within the local technician group that I have been spearheading for the last few years. We also hone our expertise through messing around careful experimentation with apparatus.

5. What is your favourite part of your job?

I love the practical side of things; finding new and better ways to run experiments, building and fixing kit, making improvements to labs and general problem-solving. I do tend to take it personally when experiments don’t behave in the way we would like but enjoy finding ways to make sure they do work as expected next time. I am less enthusiastic about the washing up and administrative tasks.

Engineering Development Trust Summer courses

The EDT is still accepting applications for some of their Summer Residential Insight into University courses so it’s not too late to make an application!

The summer schools are for students in Year 12 and take place at various top universities over 4 or 5 days. You will get a taster of university life and an insight into a specific STEM subject. You'll get the opportunity to experience university-style lectures and work on activities and group projects with the support of academics and student mentors. You'll stay in halls of residence and take part in social activities in the evenings.

The courses available to apply for are:

Aerospace Engineering at the University of Liverpool

Chemical Engineering at UCL

Engineering & Physical Sciences at the University of Lincoln

Maths at Lancaster University

Mechanical Engineering at UCL

Ocean & Earth Science at Southampton University

And a non-residential course:

Chemical Engineering & Biotechnologies at Aston University

For more information and the application form, click here.

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Jobs

Teacher of Mathematics  

Permanent
0.6-0.8 FTE
Start date: September 2025
M1:UPS3

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for a qualified teacher able to teach Mathematics to students in Years 7-11 (the ability to teach A level Mathematics, would be an advantage but is not essential).

Key attributes include:

•  a good degree in Mathematics
• being passionate about your subject
• being eager to teach in a school in which students have a genuine love of learning
• ensuring the progress of highly motivated, high-achieving cohorts
• supporting the strategic direction of the department in line with the school’s ethos and values

For further information and an application form, please contact Mike Sherwin: 
Tel: 07525 889925
Email: rugbyhighschool@hays.com

Closing date for applications: Monday 12th May 2025
Interviews: Thursday 15th May 2025 

Cover Supervisor

£13.74 per hour
Responsible to: Cover Manager/Business Manager
Start Date 1st June 2025 (or as soon as possible after)

This is a broad description of the types of duties/activities expected at this level. This is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of duties. Please read the Job Description on our website. 

• Supervising a whole class to undertake set work/activities and can include introducing and closing the class.
• Maintaining good order and managing behaviour constructively.
• Promotion of self-control and independence.
• Keep pupils on task as necessary.
• Responding appropriately to questions raised by pupils.
• Collecting any completed work and returning it to the appropriate teacher.
• Dealing with immediate problems and emergencies in accordance with the school’s policies.
• Reporting back on behaviour of pupils during the class and any issues arising.
• Supporting the general administration and/or Front of House teams when not actively covering pupils’ lessons.

Tel: 01788 810518

Email: vacancies@rugbyhighschool.co.uk

For more details and how to apply, go to our website. 

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