How far do you need to live from a school in Staffordshire to get a place?

It depends on the school. Across the 71 Staffordshire schools with a published figure, the last child admitted lived a median of 1.79 miles away; the tightest was Ridgeway Primary Academy at 0.16 miles. The distance moves every year with demand.

Do Staffordshire schools have catchment areas?

Most English schools do not. When a school is oversubscribed, places are offered outward from the school until they run out, so what exists is how far the last admitted child lived, which the council publishes after each round. That is the figure on this page.

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How far Staffordshire schools admitted from

For every oversubscribed school, Staffordshire publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 71 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.

71schools with a published figure

1.79 mithe middle school's distance

18filled within a mile

The tightest is Ridgeway Primary Academy at 0.16 miles in varies; the most far-reaching, Redbrook Hayes Community Primary School, admitted from 12.93 miles.

Primary schools

School	Ofsted	Admitted from	Round	How full
Ridgeway Primary Academy Burntwood	No current grade	0.16 mi	varies	145%
Parkside Primary School Stafford	Good	0.4 mi	varies	127%
Garden Village Primary Academy Tamworth	No current grade	0.45 mi	varies	27%
Christ Church Primary School Burton-on-Trent	No current grade	0.47 mi	varies	112%
Marshbrook First School Stafford	No current grade	0.48 mi	varies	117%
Chancel Primary School Rugeley	No current grade	0.61 mi	varies	100%
Pye Green Academy Cannock	Good	0.62 mi	varies	104%
Littleton Green Community School Cannock	No current grade	0.63 mi	varies	110%
Glenthorne Community Primary School Walsall	Good	0.65 mi	varies	85%
Birches First School WOLVERHAMPTON	Good	0.73 mi	varies	117%
Glascote Academy Tamworth	No current grade	0.74 mi	varies	110%
Oakridge Primary School Stafford	No current grade	0.82 mi	varies	103%
Ashcroft Infants' School Tamworth	Good	0.85 mi	varies	78%
Oakhill Primary School Tamworth	No current grade	0.92 mi	varies	64%
Scientia Academy Burton-upon-Trent	No current grade	0.92 mi	varies	105%
Three Peaks Primary Academy Tamworth	No current grade	0.97 mi	varies	98%
Beaconfields Primary School Stafford	No current grade	1.14 mi	varies	42%
The Mosley Academy Burton-on-Trent	No current grade	1.14 mi	varies	100%
Castle Primary School Stoke-on-Trent	Good	1.15 mi	varies	78%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Tamworth	No current grade	1.35 mi	varies	73%
Lakeside Primary School Tamworth	No current grade	1.38 mi	varies	107%
William MacGregor Primary School Tamworth	No current grade	1.4 mi	varies	100%
Florendine Primary School Tamworth	No current grade	1.42 mi	varies	98%
Betley CofE VC Primary School Crewe	No current grade	1.5 mi	varies	92%
Fulfen Primary School Burntwood	Outstanding	1.61 mi	varies	97%
Landywood Primary School Walsall	No current grade	1.62 mi	varies	104%
Gentleshaw Primary Academy Rugeley	Good	1.69 mi	varies	144%
Dunstall Park Primary School Tamworth	No current grade	1.75 mi	varies	40%
St Peter's CofE Primary School Stafford	No current grade	1.78 mi	varies	134%
Silkmore Primary Academy Stafford	No current grade	1.79 mi	varies	120%
Thomas Barnes Primary School Tamworth	No current grade	1.89 mi	varies	101%
Werrington Primary School Stoke-on-Trent	No current grade	2.02 mi	varies	101%
Lane Green First School Wolverhampton	No current grade	2.07 mi	varies	97%
Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School Stafford	No current grade	2.12 mi	varies	102%
Hayes Meadow Primary School Rugeley	No current grade	2.17 mi	varies	89%
Leasowes Primary School Stafford	Outstanding	2.31 mi	varies	102%
St Nicholas Church of England First School Wolverhampton	No current grade	2.41 mi	varies	113%
Springcroft Primary School Stoke-on-Trent	Good	2.45 mi	varies	100%
Springhead Primary School Stoke-on-Trent	No current grade	2.49 mi	varies	102%
West Hill Primary School Cannock	Good	2.63 mi	varies	89%
St John's CofE Primary School Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent	Good	2.65 mi	varies	92%
St Paul's Church of England Primary School Stafford	No current grade	2.71 mi	varies	72%
Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School Burton-on-Trent	Good	2.71 mi	varies	120%
St John's Primary Academy Wolverhampton	Good	2.74 mi	varies	136%
St Leonard's CofE First School Stafford	No current grade	2.91 mi	varies	107%
Thomas Russell Junior School Burton-on-Trent	No current grade	3.04 mi	varies	100%
Chase View Community Primary School Rugeley	Good	3.76 mi	varies	78%
Norton Canes Primary Academy Cannock	No current grade	3.96 mi	varies	89%
Hob Hill CE/Methodist (VC) Primary School Rugeley	Good	4.58 mi	varies	68%
St Chad's CofE (VC) First School Wolverhampton	No current grade	5.71 mi	varies	67%
Princefield First School Stafford	No current grade	5.99 mi	varies	84%
Redbrook Hayes Community Primary School Rugeley	No current grade	12.93 mi	varies	107%

Secondary schools

School	Ofsted	Admitted from	Round	How full
Chesterton Community Sports College Newcastle	Good	0.54 mi	varies	105%
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS Tamworth	Good	0.64 mi	varies	123%
King Edward VI High School Stafford	No current grade	1.05 mi	varies	not published
Landau Forte Academy, Amington Tamworth	Good	1.18 mi	varies	93%
Cheslyn Hay Academy Walsall	Good	1.26 mi	varies	98%
Endon High School Stoke-on-Trent	Good	1.52 mi	varies	100%
Rugeley John Taylor Rugeley	No current grade	2.03 mi	varies	11%
The de Ferrers Academy Burton-on-Trent	Good	2.32 mi	varies	94%
The Weston Road Academy Stafford	No current grade	2.73 mi	varies	96%
Abbot Beyne School Burton-on-Trent	No current grade	3.52 mi	varies	70%
Moorside High School Stoke-on-Trent	Good	3.97 mi	varies	98%
Kinver High School and Sixth Form Stourbridge	Good	4.58 mi	varies	116%
Woodhouse Academy Stoke-on-Trent	Good	5.34 mi	varies	84%
The Orme Academy Newcastle	Good	5.52 mi	varies	66%
Staffordshire University Academy Cannock	Good	6.0 mi	varies	79%
Wolgarston High School Stafford	No current grade	6.8 mi	varies	98%
Leek High School Leek	Requires improvement	6.92 mi	varies	39%
Great Wyrley Academy Walsall	Good	7.17 mi	varies	54%
Paulet High School Burton-on-Trent	Good	8.12 mi	varies	101%

Reading the numbers

These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Staffordshire measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →

Checking an address against these

Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.

Admission distances published by Staffordshire. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.