St James Church of England Primary Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Rugeley, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

Every applicant was offered a place

From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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St James Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Rugeley, Staffordshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.

St James Church of England Primary Academy 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	Every applicant was offered a place

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

What the figures show

Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025; of the 40 other Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome, 0 did the same.
For Reception 2026 there were 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
That 2024/25 figure was the 3rd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire that have results.

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: Brook End, Longdon, St James Ce Primary Academy, Rugeley, WS15 4PL
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 103 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.6

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 9 July 2024

Strengths

“Pupils attend this happy village school readily and regularly.”
“They are greeted warmly by staff, who know and respond to their individual needs in a highly effective way.”
“This helps them feel safe in school.”

To improve

“However, in a small number of subjects, this approach is not yet as embedded as it is in other subjects.”
“Staff sometimes miss the opportunity to enable pupils to apply essential knowledge in different contexts and between different topics.”
“This limits their ability to make meaningful links and deepen their understanding.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 2024 (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)	45%	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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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
Hayes Meadow Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Hob Hill CE/Methodist (VC) Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
Henry Chadwick Primary School 2.0 mi Good
Redbrook Hayes Community Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Gentleshaw Primary Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Chase View Community Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published