Schools

Cannock Chase schools and Ofsted

Every state school and nursery in Cannock Chase, 38 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 92% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 7 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.

38state schools and nurseries

92%good or betterat their last inspection

7new report cardssince November 2025

3inspections publishedin the last six months

Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.

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Latest inspections

Every school


Bridgtown Primary SchoolWS11 0AZ	Primary	Cannock	Standards maintained (2025)
Cannock Chase High SchoolWS11 1JT	Secondary	Cannock	School remains Good (2023)
Cardinal Griffin Catholic CollegeWS11 4AW	Secondary	Cannock	School remains Good (2023)
Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior SchoolWS11 6DR	Primary	Hednesford	School remains Good (2023)
Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery SchoolWS11 6EU	Primary	Hednesford	Good (2024)
Chancel Primary SchoolWS15 2EW	Primary	Rugeley	Good in every area (2025)
Chase View Community Primary SchoolWS15 1NE	Primary	Brereton	Good (2022)
Chaselea Alternative Provision AcademyWS11 1LH	Alternative provision	Cannock	Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 5, expected standard in 1
Churchfield CofE Primary AcademyWS15 2LB	Primary	Rugeley	Good (2023)
Etching Hill CofE Primary AcademyWS15 2XY	Primary	Rugeley	School remains Good (improving) (2024)
Five Ways Primary SchoolWS12 2EZ	Primary	Heath Hayes	Some aspects not as strong (2025)
Forest Hills Primary SchoolWS15 2PD	Primary	Rugeley	Report card Jul 2026: Strong standard in 4, expected standard in 3
Gentleshaw Primary AcademyWS15 4LY	Primary	Cannock Wood	Report card Mar 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 3
Gorsemoor Primary SchoolWS12 3TG	Primary	Heath Hayes	Report card Apr 2026: Strong standard in 2, expected standard in 5
Hazel Slade Primary AcademyWS12 0PN	Primary	Cannock Wood	School remains Good (2022)
Heath Hayes Primary AcademyWS12 2EP	Primary	Heath Hayes	Report card Mar 2026: Strong standard in 2, expected standard in 5
Hednesford Nursery SchoolWS12 1AR	Nursery	Hednesford	Good (2022)
Hednesford Valley High SchoolWS12 4JS	Special	Hednesford	Standards maintained (2024)
Hob Hill CE/Methodist (VC) Primary SchoolWS15 1ED	Primary	Brereton	Good (2024)
Jerome Primary SchoolWS11 9TP	Primary	Norton Canes	School remains Good (2023)
Kingsmead SchoolWS12 1DH	Secondary	Hednesford	Report card May 2026: Strong standard in 3, expected standard in 4
Longford Primary AcademyWS11 1PD	Primary	Cannock	Good in every area (2025)
Norton Canes High SchoolWS11 9SP	Secondary	Norton Canes	Requires improvement (2024)
Norton Canes Primary AcademyWS11 9SQ	Primary	Norton Canes	School remains Good (2024)
Pye Green AcademyWS12 4RT	Primary	Hednesford	Good (2022)
Redbrook Hayes Community Primary SchoolWS15 1AU	Primary	Brereton	School remains Good (2023)
Redhill Primary SchoolWS11 5JR	Primary	Hednesford	Standards maintained (2025)
Rugeley John TaylorWS15 1FY	Secondary	Brereton	Not inspected since it opened in 2025
Sherbrook Primary SchoolWS11 5SA	Special	Cannock	School remains Good (2023)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolWS12 1DE	Primary	Hednesford	School remains Good (2023)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolWS15 1BN	Primary	Rugeley	School remains Good (2022)
St Lukes CofE Primary SchoolWS11 1HN	Primary	Cannock	Report card Feb 2026: Strong standard in every area
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolWS11 0AE	Primary	Cannock	Good (2024)
St Peter's CofE Primary AcademyWS12 1BE	Primary	Hednesford	Good (2023)
Staffordshire University AcademyWS12 4JH	Secondary	Hednesford	Good (2023)
The Hart SchoolWS15 2UE	Secondary	Rugeley	School remains Good (2023)
The John Bamford Primary SchoolWS15 2PA	Primary	Rugeley	School remains Good (2024)
West Hill Primary SchoolWS12 4BH	Primary	Hednesford	Good (2024)

How the new report cards work

Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 7 Cannock Chase report cards so far, the grades given were: strong standard 23 times, expected standard 22 times, needs attention 3 times.

Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.

Where the figures come from

Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at WS postcodes and show here the ones in Cannock Chase. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.