Academy converter · Secondary
Cannock · WS12 1DH · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137164
Staffordshire University Academy
Academy sponsor led · Cannock · WS12 4JH
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–19
Pupils
709
Local authority
Staffordshire
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Cannock, Staffordshire, 709 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 44.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137164
Location
- Address
- Marston Road, Hednesford
- Postcode
- WS12 4JH
- Town
- Cannock
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Cannock Chase
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 709
- Boys / girls
- 341 / 368
- School capacity
- 900
- Capacity fill
- 709 / 900 (79%)
- Free school meals
- 44.4%
- FSM pupils
- 296
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Staffordshire University Academies Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rowena Hillier
- Telephone
- 01543224700
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-10-10
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 35.8
- Progress 8
- -0.7
- English & maths grade 5+
- 20%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 42%
- EBacc entry
- 9%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9