St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Rugeley, Staffordshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.

St Joseph's Catholic 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	Every applicant was offered a place

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

What the figures show

In Reception 2025, every applicant was offered a place, and 0 of the 40 other Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome also did so.
The 2026 Reception entry had 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
19.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
There are 22.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 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: Newman Grove, Rugeley, WS15 1BN
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 217 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.9

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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.

Churchfield CofE Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good
Chase View Community Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Redbrook Hayes Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Chancel Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Hob Hill CE/Methodist (VC) Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Forest Hills Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
The John Bamford Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good
Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next