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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 2 May 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 22 February 2012Graded inspection: Good · as The Richard Clarke First School, URN 124052
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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 entry22 applications · 17 places offered · 17 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.3; Staffordshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as The Richard Clarke First School (URN 124052), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 17 | 22 | 1.3 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 26 | 30 | 1.2 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 17 | 21 | 1.2 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 19 | 25 | 1.3 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 19 | 25 | 1.3 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 32 | 1.1 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 20 | 23 | 1.2 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 * | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 28 | 29 | 1.0 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 28 | 30 | 1.1 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 26 | 31 | 1.2 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 20 | 29 | 1.5 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 26 | 29 | 1.1 | 26 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Richard Clarke First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20241.3applications per place
- 5.3 km · StaffordshireRequires improvement20211.9applications per place
- 5.3 km · StaffordshireOutstanding20232.1applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 6.9 km · StaffordshireGood20241.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 7.2 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 7.4 km · Staffordshire20261.0applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 7.8 km · StaffordshireGood20231.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 7.8 km · StaffordshireRemains Good · improving20231.5applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148506 · 860/2150
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 106 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Replaced
- The Richard Clarke First School (URN 124052)
- Address
- Schoolhouse Lane, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley, WS15 3BT
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · East Staffordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources