Norton Canes High School, Cannock

In 2026, pupils at Norton Canes 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.

35% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 34.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.49: 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 36.6, against 47.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Chemistry.

For September 2026 entry, 69 families put Norton Canes High School as their first choice and 130 named it as one of their preferences, for 76 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 Norton Canes High School are Chase Terrace Academy (1.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 45.3); Erasmus Darwin Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.9); Kingsmead School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); and Brownhills Ormiston Academy (2.2 miles, Attainment 8 42.5).

Norton Canes High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 78 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 49% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 25 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 52% went on to university or other higher education and 24% into work.

39.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 1.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 65 pupils (16.3%) received SEN support and 29 (7.2%) 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 autism.

Norton Canes High School has a resourced provision for autism: 6 places, 6 pupils on roll.

Norton Canes High School had 36 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Cannock Rail Station, about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Norton Canes High School (opposite), 90 metres away.

In 2024/25, Norton Canes High School issued 148 suspensions, 33.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Norton Canes High School are Norton Canes Primary Academy (0.2 miles), Jerome Primary School (0.7 miles), Heath Hayes Primary Academy (1.1 miles) and Gorsemoor Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.