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School admissions in Rugeley

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

17 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Chancel Primary SchoolRugeley1.00270.606 miles 2025
Chase View Community Primary SchoolRugeley1.0024not published
Churchfield CofE Primary AcademyRugeley1.0019not published
Etching Hill CofE Primary AcademyRugeley1.00421.283 miles 2022
Forest Hills Primary SchoolRugeley1.0010not published
Hayes Meadow Primary SchoolRugeley1.00252.173 miles 2025
Henry Chadwick Primary SchoolRugeley1.0012not published
Hob Hill CE/Methodist (VC) Primary SchoolRugeley1.00220.505 miles 2021
Redbrook Hayes Community Primary SchoolRugeley1.00190.26 miles 2022
Rugeley John TaylorRugeley1.0013not published
St James Church of England Primary AcademyRugeley1.00121.345 miles 2022
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolRugeley1.0026not published
The Croft Primary SchoolRugeley1.00121.046 miles 2022
The John Bamford Primary SchoolRugeley1.00270.979 miles 2021
The Richard Clarke First SchoolRugeley1.00175.73 miles 2013
The St. Mary's CofE Primary SchoolRugeley1.0073.97 miles 2018
Gentleshaw Primary AcademyRugeley0.92241.686 miles 2025

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.