Cannock Chase High School, Cannock

In 2026, pupils at Cannock Chase High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 42.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.38: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.4, against 45.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 185 families put Cannock Chase High School as their first choice and 395 named it as one of their preferences, for 209 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cannock Chase High School are Cardinal Griffin Catholic College (0.5 miles, Attainment 8 38.3); Staffordshire University Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.3); Kingsmead School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); and Great Wyrley Academy (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.3).

Cannock Chase High School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 169 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 80% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 47% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 84 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 46% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 11% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

34.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 7.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 184 pupils (16.5%) received SEN support and 26 (2.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Cannock Chase High School has a resourced provision for other difficulties or disabilities: 7 places, 3 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Cannock Rail Station, about 880 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cannock Chase High School (adjacent), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 244 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Cannock Chase High School issued 580 suspensions, 52.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cannock Chase High School are Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior School (0.6 miles), St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles), St Lukes CofE Primary School (0.7 miles) and Moorhill Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.