Hayes Meadow Primary School

Community school·Primary school Rugeley, Staffordshire·WS15 4EU
Composite score
24.0
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#14,149
National rank
#1508
In West Midlands
#231
In Staffordshire
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
37%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 25 places
Last place offered lived
2.17 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 3497 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.2020231.1720241.0720251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
187
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,779
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Hayes Meadow Primary School

Hayes Meadow Primary School is a primary school in Rugeley, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 187 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 37% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 19.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Hayes Meadow Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 25 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.17 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Hayes Meadow Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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