Schools in Rugeley
Rugeley is a market town in Staffordshire on the edge of Cannock Chase, with 20 state schools - 16 primary and 1 secondary - serving the town and surrounding villages in Cannock Chase district. Staffordshire County Council coordinates admissions for community schools in Rugeley, applying a home-to-school distance tiebreaker when schools are oversubscribed. The town's single comprehensive secondary, Hagley Park Sports College, serves the majority of secondary-age pupils in the Rugeley area.
Primary admissions in Rugeley cover a mix of community schools and academies, each with their own admissions policies. Families in villages such as Brereton, Armitage and Ravenhill should check whether their address falls within the Rugeley secondary catchment or a neighbouring school's zone. Staffordshire's co-ordinated admissions round opens each autumn, with secondary applications closing in October and primary applications in January. Catchment boundary maps are published by Staffordshire County Council each September.
School demand in Rugeley
Across the 18 schools in Rugeley with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 90%. 5 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Rugeley have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Rugeley are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Staffordshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Rugeley have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Rugeley: 4 oversubscribed (16)
The Croft Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rugeley · WS15 4AZ
Hayes Meadow Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rugeley · WS15 4EU
Chancel Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rugeley · WS15 2EW
The John Bamford Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rugeley · WS15 2PA
Hob Hill CE/Methodist (VC) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Rugeley · WS15 1ED
Chase View Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rugeley · WS15 1NE
The St. Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Rugeley · WS15 3LN
St James Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Rugeley · WS15 4PL
Churchfield CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Rugeley · WS15 2LB
Gentleshaw Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Rugeley · WS15 4LY
Redbrook Hayes Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Rugeley · WS15 1AU
Henry Chadwick Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Rugeley · WS15 3QN
Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Rugeley · WS15 2XY
Forest Hills Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Rugeley · WS15 2PD
The Richard Clarke First School
Primary · Academy converter
Rugeley · WS15 3BT
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Rugeley · WS15 1BN
Secondary Schools in Rugeley (1)
Other Schools in Rugeley (3)
Rugeley School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Rugeley · WS15 3JQ
JP Alternative Education
Not applicable · Other independent school
Rugeley · WS15 2UB
Rugeley John Taylor
Special · Free schools
Rugeley · WS15 1FY
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Rugeley are set by Staffordshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.