Other independent special school
Rugeley · WS15 3JQ · Staffordshire
Ages 5–19
3.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextURN 148506
The Richard Clarke First School
Academy converter · Rugeley · WS15 3BT
Ages 4–9 · 106 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Overall absence
4.1%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Inspection date
2024-06-11
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.1%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 2.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 85
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
17
Places offered
17
1st-preference offers
17
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 21
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 17
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill71%
106 pupils · 150 places
- Pupils on roll
- 106
- Boys / girls
- 55 / 51
- School capacity
- 150
- Capacity fill
- 106 / 150 (71%)
- Free school meals
- 2.8%
- FSM pupils
- 3
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–9
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: INNOVATE2EDUCATE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- Academy trust
- INNOVATE2EDUCATE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- Sponsor
- Uttoxeter Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kay Hanson
Location
- Address
- Schoolhouse Lane, Abbots Bromley
- Postcode
- WS15 3BT
- Town
- Rugeley
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Lichfield
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–9, in Rugeley, Staffordshire, 106 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 2.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kay Hanson
- Telephone
- 01283840206