Cannock Chase High School

Cannock Chase High School continues to maintain its status as a good school, characterized by a calm and supportive environment where pupils thrive. School leaders have implemented strong values, and most students and parents express high levels of satisfaction with the educational experience, praising the commitment of the staff. The curriculum is ambitious and inclusive, catering well to all pupils, including those with special educational needs, and there is a wide range of extracurricular activities that foster student engagement and personal growth. However, the school acknowledges the low uptake of the English Baccalaureate and is taking steps to improve participation in modern foreign languages.

Strengths

• Well-ordered environment that promotes student thriving
• Strong support systems for pupils and low levels of bullying
• Ambitious and inclusive curriculum
• High levels of student and parental satisfaction
• Excellent extracurricular opportunities leading to skill development
• Vigilant safeguarding arrangements that ensure student safety

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding in lessons

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Cannock Chase High School attended 90.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 30.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 15.1% of pupils at Cannock Chase High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 6 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Cannock Chase High School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.5% of pupils at Cannock Chase High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Cannock Chase High School received £7,549 and spent £7,223 for each of its 1,110 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,448,000 (£2,205 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Cannock Chase High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cannock Chase High School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Cannock Chase High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cannock Chase High School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Cannock Chase High School have?

Cannock Chase High School has 1,113 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cannock Chase High School cover?

Cannock Chase High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Cannock Chase High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.5, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Cannock Chase High School?

Cannock Chase High School is at Hednesford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1JT.