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Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Penk Drive, Etching Hill, Rugeley WS15 2XY · etchinghill-rainbow.com · 01889 221864
On the mapSearch near WS15 2XY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Staffordshire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 460
- 40 over 420 places · 110%
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.3%
- First language not English
- 1.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 42 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Staffordshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124292)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 December 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 13 Dec 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124292), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124292)
Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124292)
Sept 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124292)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (67 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 67
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied