School Admission Appeals

Contested schools in Staffordshire

These are the Staffordshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Staffordshire

Secondary schools (22)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Staffordshire, 2026/27
School Places First choices Per place
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy 118 182 1.54
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS 211 281 1.33
The Friary School 217 268 1.24
Madeley High School 159 181 1.14
Blessed William Howard Catholic School 184 208 1.13
Kingsmead School 254 285 1.12
Rugeley John Taylor 174 195 1.12
Chesterton Community Sports College 180 200 1.11
Endon High School 141 157 1.11
Erasmus Darwin Academy 192 210 1.09
Kinver High School and Sixth Form 148 155 1.05
John Taylor High School 242 251 1.04
Cheslyn Hay Academy 222 229 1.03
King Edward VI School 253 260 1.03
Landau Forte Academy, Amington 208 211 1.01
Painsley Catholic College 246 248 1.01
Sir Graham Balfour High School 185 186 1.01
Moorside High School 164 158 0.96
Walton High School 181 173 0.96
The Wilnecote School 174 164 0.94
The Orme Academy 169 152 0.90
Great Wyrley Academy 148 129 0.87

Primary schools (102)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Staffordshire, 2026/27
School Places First choices Per place
Shobnall Primary & Nursery School 30 58 1.93
Streethay Primary School 28 45 1.61
St Paul's Church of England Primary School 15 24 1.60
Dunstall Park Primary School 30 47 1.57
Poppyfield Primary Academy 30 47 1.57
Anker Valley Primary Academy 28 38 1.36
Gorsemoor Primary School 59 80 1.36
Holly Grove Primary Academy 30 40 1.33
Branston Locks Primary and Nursery School 30 39 1.30
Springcroft Primary School 30 39 1.30
All Saints CofE (C) Primary School 15 19 —
Haughton St Giles CofE Primary Academy 15 19 —
The Mosley Academy 30 38 1.27
Parkside Primary School 44 55 1.25
Garden Village Primary Academy 30 37 1.23
Hempstalls Primary School 60 74 1.23
Jerome Primary School 30 37 1.23
Beaconfields Primary School 28 34 1.21
The Meadows Primary School 14 17 —
Anna Seward Primary 30 36 1.20
Forsbrook CofE Controlled Primary School 30 36 1.20
John of Rolleston Primary School 30 36 1.20
Manor Hill First School 45 54 1.20
Oakridge Primary School 30 36 1.20
St John's Primary Academy 90 108 1.20
William MacGregor Primary School 30 36 1.20
Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School 30 35 1.17
Burleyfields Primary School 29 34 1.17
St Nicholas Church of England First School 59 68 1.15
Christ Church Primary School 44 50 1.14
Cooper Perry Primary School 30 34 1.13
Glenthorne Community Primary School 30 34 1.13
St Michael's CofE (A) First School 30 34 1.13
Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School 60 67 1.12
Horninglow Primary School 30 33 1.10
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 30 33 1.10
Westlands Primary School 30 33 1.10
All Saints' CofE Primary School 14 15 —
Lakeside Primary School 30 32 1.07
Landywood Primary School 60 64 1.07
Springhill Primary Academy 29 31 1.07
St Mary and St Chad CofE First School 30 32 1.07
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School 30 32 1.07
Thomas Barnes Primary School 15 16 —
Baldwins Gate CofE(VC) Primary School 30 31 1.03
Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School 30 31 1.03
Fulfen Primary School 59 61 1.03
Littleton Green Community School 60 62 1.03
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 30 31 1.03
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy 59 61 1.03
St Lukes CofE Primary School 60 61 1.02
Werrington Primary School 60 61 1.02
All Saints CofE Academy Denstone 5 5 —
All Saints CofE First School 34 34 1
Beresford Memorial CofE First School 24 24 1
Betley CofE VC Primary School 14 14 —
Blakeley Heath Primary School 42 42 1
Bramshall Meadows First School 23 23 1
Castle Primary School 12 12 —
Chancel Primary School 27 27 1
Hayes Meadow Primary School 25 25 1
Horton St Michael's CofE First School 6 6 —
Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School 30 30 1
Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy 18 18 —
Leasowes Primary School 59 59 1
Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School 26 26 1
Picknalls First School 54 54 1
Scientia Academy 49 49 1
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy 46 46 1
St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School 15 15 —
St Mary's Catholic Primary School 13 13 —
The St. Mary's CofE Primary School 7 7 —
The Woodlands Community Primary School 17 17 —
Two Gates Primary School 28 28 1
Tynsel Parkes CofE Primary Academy 18 18 —
The Violet Way Academy 77 76 0.99
Bursley Academy 57 56 0.98
Birches First School 29 28 0.97
Perton First School 39 38 0.97
Ridgeway Primary Academy 59 57 0.97
St Dominic's Catholic Primary School 26 25 0.96
St Giles' Catholic Primary School 28 27 0.96
St Joseph & St Theresa Catholic Primary School 28 27 0.96
St Luke's CofE Academy Endon 26 25 0.96
Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School 28 27 0.96
Burton Manor Primary School 40 38 0.95
Anson CofE Primary School 15 14 —
Featherstone Academy 30 28 0.93
Pye Green Academy 60 56 0.93
Stoneydelph Primary School 28 26 0.93
Gentleshaw Primary Academy 24 22 0.92
Silkmore Primary Academy 25 23 0.92
The Richard Crosse CofE Primary School 11 10 —
Glascote Academy 30 27 0.90
Springhead Primary School 21 19 —
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 21 19 —
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 28 25 0.89
Tittensor CofE (C) First School 9 8 —
Marshbrook First School 28 24 0.86
Ashcroft Infants' School 49 41 0.84
St John's CofE Primary School 17 14 —
Norton Canes Primary Academy 48 39 0.81

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.