Cannock Chase High School
Encyclopedia
Admissions
Cannock Chase High School is the largest high school serving the Cannock Chase district with 1,500 pupils in attendance. The school is situated just north of the town centre, towards Blackfords, east of Cannock Chase Hospital.The school has recently been re-awarded specialist science school status, specialising in both science and mathematics, which is reflected in the school's consistently high results in these areas. The school was successful in its first bid for the prestigious status under former headteacher Nick Hooper, and now continues this legacy under the current headteacher Mr Barrie Scott.
Cannock Chase also has a committed PTA and governing body who continue to work towards funding for departments and overseeing the running of the school as a beacon of excellence in the area.
Grammar school
Cannock Grammar School opened in September 1955 as a coeducational grammar schoolGrammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
. The sixth form opened in September 1959. By 1962 it had 650 boys and girls. Next door was Calving Hill Secondary Modern School.
Comprehensive
It was founded in 1986 after the merger of two schools, Chenet (the local grammar school, later comprehensive) and Sherbrook School on Hednesford Road, which were neighbouring.Academic performance
Cannock Chase High School continues to produce excellent grades and also gained high OFSTED results in 2009, where the overall rating of the mainstream school was Good, and the sixth-form being awarded an Excellent in recognition of the school's success in AS and A-Level examinations.It gets GCSE results slightly below average and A-level results above average.