Cannock Chase High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jun 29 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Unique reference
- 137384
- Address
- Hednesford Road, WS11 1JT
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1107 (57% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 47.6%
- Girls
- 52.4%
- First language not English
- 5.9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 31.7%
- Persistent absence
- 33.7%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 11.7%
White British 88.2%
Mixed 3.6%
Other White 3.1%
Other Asian 1.4%
African 1%
Indian 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.21
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.14
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 4%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 36%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 43.7
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.43
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Health Studies | Technical Award | 50 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 20 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 41 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 31 |
English Language | GCSE | 162 |
English Literature | GCSE | 163 |
French | GCSE | 10 |
Geography | GCSE | 57 |
History | GCSE | 86 |
Mathematics | GCSE | 162 |
Admissions
Cannock Chase High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 213
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 163
- 2nd preference
- 118
- 3rd preference
- 64
- From another Local Authority
- 7
Offers
- 1st preference
- 163
- 2nd preference
- 27
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.7 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 219 114 105 |
Year 8 | 216 102 114 |
Year 9 | 205 101 104 |
Year 10 | 176 86 90 |
Year 11 | 170 78 92 |
Year 12 | 48 19 29 |
Year 13 | 73 27 46 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 77.0% 83.9% 86.5% |
Further education | 44.0% 40.7% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 33.0% 38.6% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 3.9% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 5.0% 5.5% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 5.0% 5.2% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 10.0% 4.8% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 3.0% 0.6% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 63.0% 55.5% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 10.0% 11.6% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 10.0% 9.6% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% 0.3% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 0.0% 3.7% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 10.0% 2.6% 1.7% |