Cardinal Griffin Catholic College, Cannock

In 2026, pupils at Cardinal Griffin Catholic College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

28% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 43.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.31: 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 24.4, against 42.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and French.

For September 2026 entry, 63 families put Cardinal Griffin Catholic College as their first choice and 193 named it as one of their preferences, for 68 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 Cardinal Griffin Catholic College are Cannock Chase High School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Staffordshire University Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.3); Kingsmead School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); and Great Wyrley Academy (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.3).

Cardinal Griffin Catholic College's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is one of 64 schools run by St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 131 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 66 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 61% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Cannock Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cardinal Way (adjacent), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 217 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, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College issued 267 suspensions, 34.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Cardinal Griffin Catholic College are St Lukes CofE Primary School (0.4 miles), Moorhill Primary School (0.7 miles), Redhill Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.