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The Hart School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,157Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137100URN

Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, WS15 2UE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.2 below Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

254 applications for 159 places · 42nd of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.9of 90
25th of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2023

Inspection history

  1. 22 June 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 20 March 2018
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

254 applications · 159 places offered · 129 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 0.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261592541.61290.81
Sep 20252002931.51520.76
Sep 20242233101.42221.00
Sep 20232143061.42331.09
Sep 20222473181.32751.11
Sep 20212462811.12210.90
Sep 20202492741.12120.85
Sep 20192532641.02010.79
Sep 20182392190.91630.68
Sep 20172282511.11900.83
Sep 20161071991.91010.94
Sep 20151512051.41470.97
Sep 20141322011.51270.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

223 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.925th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%28th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.06
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22343.938%60%–
2024/2521346.542%64%–
2023/2420844.536%62%−0.06
2022/2320246.734%57%−0.21

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137100 · 860/4002
Trust
Creative Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,238 pupils · 1,157 on roll
Free school meals
29.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Address
Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, WS15 2UE
Local authority
Staffordshire · Cannock Chase

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources