Rugeley John Taylor
All-through · Free schools · Ages Requires source review · Rugeley, Staffordshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.027 miles
Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Rugeley John Taylor is an all-through school in Rugeley, Staffordshire for ages Requires source review (free schools). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Rugeley John Taylor 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.027 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.027 miles from the school, which was further than in 2025.
- Year 7 2026 had 195 first-choice applications for 174 offers; 171 offers went to first-choice families, and 24 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- There were 147 pupils on roll in January 2026, and 27.2% were eligible for free school meals.
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
- Kingfisher Avenue, Rugeley, WS15 1FY
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- Requires source review
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Staffordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 147 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 195 first-preference applications, 174 offers in total, 171 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.
- Rugeley School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Longdon Hall School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- JP Alternative Education 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Options Trent Acres School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hednesford Valley High School 5.2 mi Standards maintained
- Maple Hayes Hall School 5.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rocklands School 5.5 mi School remains Good
- Lichfield Cathedral School 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade