Rugeley John Taylor
All-through · Rugeley · WS15 1FY
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147 pupils · 11% of 1,370 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.rugeleyjohntaylor.co.uk
- URN
- 151701
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 195 families named it first for 174 Year 7 places, 1.12 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.027 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 2 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2025 to 2026. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place13 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.12 first-choice applications per place174 places offered · 195 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.027 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.027 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Rugeley school admissions · Staffordshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 92% (Staffordshire 83%, England 59%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Staffordshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other White background 1% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £57,128; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 37.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 8.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 43.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 57.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 71.6% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 11.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 17.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 27.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 24.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034099 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £218,000101 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £175,000–£256,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (3.26 km, 2026 entry): 995 sales, median £220,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 0an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted