Chancel Primary SchoolForest Hills Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Chancel Primary School and Forest Hills Primary School are primary schools in Rugeley.

  • Chancel Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Forest Hills Primary School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Forest Hills Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Chancel Primary School was judged the expected standard and Forest Hills Primary School was judged strong.

  • 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 44.0% for Forest Hills Primary School.

  • 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 fallen at Forest Hills Primary School (54.0% in 2022-23, 44.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Chancel Primary School versus Forest Hills Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure RugeleyChancel Primary SchoolRugeleyForest Hills Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC67/100B70/100Stronger figure
Local ranking57th of 289 in Staffordshire 45th of 289 in Staffordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: StrongStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll218 88
Capacity210 210
LocationRugeley, WS15 2EW Rugeley, WS15 2PD
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard72.0% Stronger figure44.0% 62.0%
At higher standard19.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure99.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census218 88
Free school meals (ever 6)19.7% 71.8%
English as an additional language3.2% 6.8%
SEN support11.5% 42.0%
SEN with an EHC plan2.3% 4.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.3% Stronger figure5.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence4.2% Stronger figure12.1% 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.

Chancel Primary School

Forest Hills Primary School

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