Rugeley John Taylor
Rugeley John Taylor is a free school in Rugeley for boys and girls. It has 147 pupils and room for 1,370. About 27 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.
Kingfisher Avenue, Rugeley, WS15 1FY01889 743800rugeleyjohntaylor.co.ukMs Claire Powell headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
The last child to get a place lived 2.0 miles away in 2026. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils, faith and other priority groups are placed first. After that, the closer you live, the better your chances. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 2.0 miles from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.
| Entry | Places | Put it first | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Secondary | 150 | 202 | 180 | 2.0 miles | LA |
| 2025 Secondary | – | – | 150 | – all offered | LA |
What a home within 2.0 miles of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (10), Moderate learning difficulty (7), emotional and mental health (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), Specific learning difficulty (3), language and communications needs (3).
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
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 secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hob Hill CE/Methodist (VC) Primary School | Church of England/Methodist | 0.8 miles | 215 | Good 2024 | 50 | Compare |
| Redbrook Hayes Community Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 225 | Good 2023 | 16 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 217 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Churchfield CofE Primary Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 155 | Good 2023 | 26 | Compare |
| Chancel Primary School | Council | 1.2 miles | 210 | No overall grade 2025 | 81 | Compare |
| Chase View Community Primary School | Council | 1.2 miles | 185 | Good 2022 | 17 | Compare |
| The Croft Primary School | Council | 1.3 miles | 165 | Report card 2026 | 43 | Compare |
| Henry Chadwick Primary School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 104 | Good 2024 | 40 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Rugeley John Taylor a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Rugeley John Taylor yet.
How many pupils does Rugeley John Taylor have?
147 pupils were on the roll in January 2026. It has 1,370 places, so it is 11% full.
Is Rugeley John Taylor oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 2.0 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
How big are the classes at Rugeley John Taylor?
The average class had 29.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Rugeley John Taylor have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Kingfisher Avenue, Rugeley, WS15 1FY
- Telephone
- 01889 743800
- Website
- www.rugeleyjohntaylor.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Claire Powell
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- All-through school, with nursery, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- John Taylor MAT (21 schools)
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward
- Armitage with Handsacre
- Constituency
- Lichfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
- URN
- 151701 · LAESTAB 8604021 · UKPRN 10098687
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Admissions outcomes: Staffordshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2025, 2026.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.