Hayes Meadow Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Rugeley, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

2.173 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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Hayes Meadow Primary School is a primary school in Rugeley, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.

Hayes Meadow Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2025	2.173 mi
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

37% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, 2nd lowest among this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest Staffordshire primary schools that have results.
Against England's 62% at the expected standard in 2024/25, 0% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 2.173 miles away: 12th longest of 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.79 miles).
Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Spode Avenue, Handsacre, Rugeley, WS15 4EU
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 187 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 21.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.3

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 11 October 2023

Strengths

“Pupils are happy and safe at Hayes Meadow Primary School.”
“Pupils try hard to live up to the school motto by being honest, curious, friendly and aspirational.”
“Most pupils attend regularly and on time.”

To improve

“However, they do not always address errors and misconceptions effectively enough.”
“On occasion, pupils are unclear of what they need to improve or how to do this.”
“Despite this, the school has not ensured that all staff are confident and expert in the teaching of phonics.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	37%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

The Croft Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
St James Church of England Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Henry Chadwick Primary School 1.5 mi Good
The Richard Crosse CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
Hob Hill CE/Methodist (VC) Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
Redbrook Hayes Community Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Chase View Community Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published