School Chooser

Chase View Community Primary School

Primary · ages 2-11MixedCouncil185 pupilsNursery Free breakfast clubRugeleyStaffordshire
School Chooser Score
17
Below
similar schools
Likely range 8 to 36
Out of 100. Better than 45% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, May 2022
Reached the expected level at 1128%England 63%
Attendance93.9%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families64%Far more than most schools
Places51 spare185 pupils, 236 places
Pupils per teacher17.7School workforce census

Chase View Community Primary School is a council school in Rugeley for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 185 pupils and room for 236. About 64 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 17 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 45% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.

Hillary Crest, Pear Tree Estate, Rugeley, WS15 1NE01889 228750chaseviewprimary.co.ukMr Andy Minott headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 10 May 2022, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

29 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1128%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level7%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score104.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score101.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 55%55%20172018: 26%26%20182019: 46%46%20192023: 47%47%20232024: 55%55%20242025: 28%28%2025
Since 2017: -27%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017StaffordshireEngland
Pupils tested292230281922
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths28%55%47%46%26%55%66%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths7%9%3%11%5%5%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score104.0106.0103.0100.099.0102.0105.8105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score101.0103.0100.0102.0100.0103.0104.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score102.0106.0102.0101.0102.0102.0105.8105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard69%77%80%50%37%77%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard55%68%57%64%47%59%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)45%68%63%64%63%68%
Reading progressReading progress score-1.3-2.5-3.4-4.0
Maths progressMaths progress score-1.8-1.5-2.6-3.2
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged33%58%50%50%0%50%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged18%50%43%42%45%60%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
33%18%
Gap 15 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
31%25%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
6%7%
Gap 1 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Plenty of spare places188 pupils for 243 places, 2024/25
77% full

55 places were empty (23% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Staffordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll185Census January 2026
Places23678% full
Pupils from low-income families64%64% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support29%54 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%9 pupils with a plan
Average class size20.69 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)63%£181,350 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls92 / 93
White British pupils91%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (28), Moderate learning difficulty (13), emotional and mental health (7), Specific learning difficulty (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (5), Physical disability (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll185191187185188194
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals64%64%59%55%48%41%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5%4%4%3%2%2%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support33%21%26%29%34%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans6%6%4%2%3%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance93.9%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school19.1%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.2%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence6.1%6.1%6.7%6.9%4.5%4.2%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.9%4.8%5.4%5.4%3.9%2.9%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.2%1.3%1.3%1.5%0.6%1.4%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence19.1%17.9%19.5%20.7%7.8%8.5%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.50.00.52.6
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers10.5full-time equivalent, 12 people
Pupils per teacher17.7Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers92%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants18.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£48,183
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher5.42024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£8,029England £7,738. Total £1.5m
Income per pupil£8,799England £7,697. Total £1.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,108England £3,480
Money in reserve18%A healthy amount put by: £303k, £1,587 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£147kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£8,029spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m21012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate78 per 1,000 people14% lower than the England average
Typical house price£225,000Cannock Chase
Nearest bus stop110 mBirch Tree Lane, 11 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy610 m217Good 2022Compare
Redbrook Hayes Community Primary SchoolAcademy660 m225Good 202316Compare
Churchfield CofE Primary AcademyAcademy990 m155Good 202326Compare
Hob Hill CE/Methodist (VC) Primary SchoolChurch of England/Methodist1.0 miles215Good 202450Compare
Chancel Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles210No overall grade 202581Compare
Rugeley John TaylorFree school1.2 miles147Not inspectedCompare
The John Bamford Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles268Good 202477Compare
Forest Hills Primary SchoolAcademy1.4 miles79Report card 202636Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Chase View Community Primary School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats45%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the lower half of its group. Its score of 17 is about the same as the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 18 · highest 85100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 17 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 17% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 8 to 36. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.25
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 29 pupils
Ofsted inspection17% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 4.3 years old
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.10
DfE progress measure; 29 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%below
-0.05
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%below
-0.09
2024/25; 168 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%in line
+0.00
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 29 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Chase View Community Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Chase View Community Primary School scores 17 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 45% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 8 to 36, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Chase View Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Chase View Community Primary School good at its last full inspection on 10 May 2022. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.

How good are Chase View Community Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 28% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 7% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Chase View Community Primary School have?

185 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 236 places, so it is 78% full.

Is Chase View Community Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 55 places were empty in 2024/25 (23% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Chase View Community Primary School?

Pupils were in school 93.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 19% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Chase View Community Primary School?

The average class had 20.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

Does Chase View Community Primary School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Hillary Crest, Pear Tree Estate, Rugeley, WS15 1NE
Telephone
01889 228750
Website
www.chaseviewprimary.co.uk
Headteacher
Mr Andy Minott
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 2-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Staffordshire
Ward
Brereton & Ravenhill
Constituency
Cannock Chase
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2004 (result of amalgamation)
URN
134666 · LAESTAB 8603494 · UKPRN 10079976
Formerly
Pear Tree Community Primary School, Flaxley Primary School

Where these figures come from