Cannock Chase High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cannock, WS11 1JT
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
Cardinal Way, Cannock, WS11 4AW
Local ranking38th of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
998
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 March 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Cardinal Griffin Catholic College (URN 124468) since 1 September 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 142
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 43.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 15.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
28.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
41
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 84
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 775
- Boys
- 376 (51%)
- Girls
- 356 (49%)
- Capacity
- 998 (73% full)
- SEND
- 13.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.9%
- EAL
- 5.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,023/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.8%
- White Other: 4.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 1.3%
- White Irish: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
85.8%
White British
4.7%
White Other
1.4%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cardinal Way
Cannock, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 149989
- UKPRN
- 10092955
- Establishment No.
- 5403
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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