Lawrence Sheriff School
Academy converter secondary school in Rugby (Warwickshire).
Attainment 8
75.7
▲ 29.5 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
96.6%
▲ 50pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
95.8%
▲ 4pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
18.7
▲ 2.0 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
9.3%
▼ 18pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
8.9%
▼ 5pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
133%
1,200 / 900 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Report card
inspected May 2026
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Lawrence Sheriff School is a secondary school located in Rugby, Warwickshire. The school caters for boys pupils aged 11 to 18 and currently has 1,201 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 900. It is part of the LAWRENCE SHERIFF SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Teresa Mpofu.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Chess
- Lego
- Photography
- Rugby
Awards
5 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Teaching School HubRecognised award
- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
- Eco Schools Green FlagEnvironment
- Woodland TrustRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 141277
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Constituency
- Rugby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (23 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.21 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kalonga Chola Musukuma Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Nimal Mistry | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2026 | |
| Mr Thomas William Legge Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr James Craig Barber Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Samir Muzaffar Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Li Kang Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Manoj Agarwal Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Simon Kent Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Gita Natarajan Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Kalonga Musukuma Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Kalonga Musukuma Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 |
| Mrs Paula Whitfield Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Rebecca Rees Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mr Stuart George Baran Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Dennis Barnett Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mr Kulasekar Krishnama | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Clinton Antony Drackett Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Matthew Canale-Parola Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 |
| Mrs Susan Peach Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 |
| Mr Justin David Muston Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Teresa Jane Mpofu Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2022 | |
| Mrs Teresa Jane Mpofu Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mr Kalonga Chola Musukuma Confirmed same person Former | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Beata Katarzyna Perks Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Stuart Nigel Esworthy Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Lynda Skerratt Former | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2016 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Gillian Ann Beardshaw Confirmed same person | Governance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professional | since 2011 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record