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Summary of September 2022 admissions to oversubscribed secondary schools

Please note: this information was correct as at 21 February 2022. Changes may have taken place between the date this information was compiled and the date you are viewing it.

Overall first preference figures

  • 100% of first preferences made for admission to high school at year 9 were successful (excluding JCB Academy)
  • 93.97% of first preferences made for admission to secondary school at year 7 were successful.

The percentage of first preference applications agreed within each area is as follows:

AreaPreference agreed
Biddulph 100%
Blythe Bridge 87.85%
Burntwood 90.16%
Burton on Trent 93.31%
Cannock 100%
Cheadle 98.39%
Cheslyn Hay / Great Wyrley 99.69%
Codsall 99.60%
Endon 90.48%
Kidsgrove 100%
Kinver / Wombourne 93.24%
Leek 100%
Lichfield 84.02%
Newcastle under Lyme 92%
Penkridge 100%
Rugeley 88.13%
Stafford 96.59%
Stone 100%
Tamworth 98.98%
Uttoxeter 100% (excluding JCB Academy)
Werrington 85.88%

School admission figures

Key to headings

First preferences: The total number of first preference applications for admission to the school.

Published admission number: The published number used to determine the maximum number of places available for admission.

Number allocated: Total number of children due to be admitted to the school in September 2022.

Number refused: The total number of unsuccessful applicants.

SchoolFirst preferencesPublished admission numberNumber allocatedNumber refused
Alleyne's Academy (Year 9) 237 255 255 0*
Biddulph High (Year 9) 194 211 218 0*
Blythe Bridge High 214 180 190 10*
Cannock Chase High 209 220 220 0*
Cheslyn Hay Academy 209 224 225 0*
Chesterton Community Sports College 174 170 180

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Codsall Community High (Year 9) 252 250 256 1
Endon High School 147 140 145 25
Erasmus Darwin Academy 224 185 185 59
Great Wyrley Academy 113 120 121 0*
John Taylor Free School 284 240 240 63
John Taylor High School - A Science and Leadership Academy 271 240 240 57
King Edward VI School, Lichfield 291 250 250 100
Kingsmead Academy 297 224 300 0*
Kinver High 147 150 150 18
Landau Forte Academy, Amington 195 192 192 10
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS 193 168 207 0*
Madeley High 185 135 170 29
Moorside High School 175 145 165 29
Nether Stowe School 92 170 197 0*
Painsley Catholic College 228 210 224 13
Paulet High 164 150 171 0*
St. John Fisher Catholic College 212 200 200 63
Sir Graham Balfour High 208 170 200 13
Stafford Manor High School 107 90 100 8
The de Ferrers Academy 394 410 410 15
The Friary School 267 210 218 102
The Hart 278 220 250 43
The JCB Academy, Rocester Refer to Academy directly      
The Orme Academy 182 150 156 37
The Weston Road Academy 208 182 200 23
The Wilnecote School 180 192 195 0*
Walton High School 211 210 210 23
Wombourne High 194 192 210 12

* The schools indicated above with no refusals, either admitted up to their published admission number (PAN) or exceeded it to offer places to all those who applied.  Therefore, they are at PAN or oversubscribed with no refusals.

School admission criteria

Key to headings

Children in care: Includes those children currently in public care and formerly in public care as defined within school admissions regulations (formerly in public care relates to children who have achieved permanency through adoption, special guardianships or care orders.

EHCP: Children with an education health care plan allocated places.

Furthest distance: Indicates the distance of the last child admitted under the distance criteria where applicable.

SchoolChildren in careEHCPSiblingCatchmentMajor contrib. schoolsMedical/ exceptionStaff childDistanceFurthest distance (miles)Allowed at appeal (if known)
Alleyne's Academy (Year 9) 3 1 58 178 0 0 N/A 15 10.542  
Blythe Bridge High 3 5 67 71 37 0 N/A 7 1.729 2 of 5 
Biddulph High (Year 9) 3 1 48 153 9 0 N/A 4 6.050  
Cannock Chase 8 2 80 90 N/A 0 N/A 40 5.815  
Cheslyn Hay 4 0 82 87 24 0 N/A 28 4.872  
Chesterton Community Sports College 4 7 50 77 23 0 N/A 19 3.036  
Codsall Community High (Year 9) 3 0 71 151 31 0 N/A 0 N/A  
Endon High School 4 2 46 35 26 0 N/A 32 2.102 1 of 6 
Erasmus Darwin Academy Refer to the academy directly
Great Wyrley 0 2 27 54 0 0 N/A 38 4.746  
John Taylor Free School 5 5 81 21 N/A N/A 0 128 3.037 0 of 12
John Taylor High School - A Science and Leadership Academy 4 2 36 186 11 N/A 1 0 N/A  
King Edward VI School, Lichfield 9 3 96 102 N/A 0 N/A 40 1.007  5 of 27
Kingsmead Academy 6 2 85 95 N/A 0 1 111 6.648  
Kinver High 5 4 35 45 N/A 2 N/A 59 4.993  
Landau Forte Academy, Amington 2 1 55 91 N/A 0 N/A 43 1.542 1 of 6
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS 9 0 52 89 N/A 0 N/A 57 4.895  
Madeley High 3 1 46 78 8 0 N/A

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4.325 0 of 10 
Moorside High School 4 1 51 49 12 0 N/A 48 2.898 0 of 9
Nether Stowe School 2 1 42 62 0 0 N/A 90 7.865  
Painsley Catholic College Refer to the academy directly
Paulet High 4 0 49 70 N/A 0 N/A 48 4.04  
Sir Graham Balfour School 6 0 68 105 N/A 0 N/A 21 2.454  2 of 5
St. John Fisher Catholic College Refer to the academy directly
Stafford Manor High School 3 0 26 70 N/A 0 0 1 0.756 0 of 2
The de Ferrers Academy 3 2 47 38 279 0 4 37 1.83 0 of 3 
The Friary School 3 2 75 118 9 0 3 11 0.73 0 of 11 
The Hart 8 3 79 N/A N/A N/A N/A 160 1.225 2 of 13
The JCB Academy, Rocester Refer to Academy directly
The Orme Academy 5 1 50 100 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A 1 of 6 
The Weston Road Academy 4 0 80 106 N/A 0 2 10 1.880 0 of 2 
The Wilnecote School 1 1 53 75 17 0 0 48 1.947  
Walton High School 0 1

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96 9 0 0 19 2.431  0 of 2
Wombourne High School 1 3

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78 N/A N/A N/A 61 4.137  

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