Chancel Primary SchoolEtching Hill CofE Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Rugeley.

Summary of the comparison

Chancel Primary School and Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy are primary schools in Rugeley.

Chancel Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average). Chancel Primary School is ahead on our composite score.
Chancel Primary School was judged the expected standard and Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy was judged Good.
On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 72.0% for Chancel Primary School and 79.0% for Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Chancel Primary School (91.0% in 2022-23, 72.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy (67.0% in 2022-23, 79.0% in 2024-25).

Chancel Primary School versus Etching Hill CofE Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	RugeleyChancel Primary School	RugeleyEtching Hill CofE Primary Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	C67/100Stronger figure	C64/100
Local ranking	57th of 289 in Staffordshire Stronger figure	66th of 289 in Staffordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-11	3-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	218	477
Capacity	210	420
Location	Rugeley, WS15 2EW	Rugeley, WS15 2XY
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	72.0%	79.0% Stronger figure	62.0%
At higher standard	19.0% Stronger figure	11.0%	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	107.0	109.0 Stronger figure	106.0
Maths average scaled score	105.0	110.0 Stronger figure	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	218	477
Free school meals (ever 6)	19.7%	9.4%
English as an additional language	3.2%	2.3%
SEN support	11.5%	10.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.3%	1.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.3%	3.7% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	4.2% Stronger figure	4.5%	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.