Gentleshaw Primary Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Rugeley, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

1.686 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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Gentleshaw Primary Academy is a primary school in Rugeley, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.

Gentleshaw 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	1.686 mi
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.686 miles away, the 13th shortest of 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
4.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.

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: Darlings Lane, Gentleshaw, Rugeley, WS15 4LY
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 201 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 4.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 26.5

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026

Strengths

“Pupils are happy in this welcoming school community.”
“From early in the morning, most pupils settle quickly and calmly into the life and activity of the school.”
“Most pupils immerse themselves in a broad range of interesting activities in the classroom and beyond.”

To improve

“However, for some pupils, teaching does not meet their learning needs effectively enough.”
“This hinders the progress they make across the curriculum.”
“In addition, despite pupils with special education needs and/or disabilities quickly developing a sense of belonging, some struggle to access their learning.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2026 (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)	75%	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: 22 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 22 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.

Boney Hay Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained
Holly Grove Primary Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Chase Terrace Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained
Hazel Slade Primary Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good
Highfields Primary Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good
Fulfen Primary School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Springhill Primary Academy 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Joseph & St Theresa Catholic Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published