Cannock Chase High School is a

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with academy status in

Cannock Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverhampton ...

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. The school is situated just north of the town centre, towards Blackfords, east of Cannock Chase Hospital.

History

Grammar school

Cannock Grammar School opened in September 1955 as a coeducational

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. The sixth form opened in September 1959. By 1962 it had 650 boys and girls. Next door was Calving Hill Secondary Modern School.

Comprehensive

The school changed its name to Chenet Comprehensive in 1976, when it switched from a Grammar to a Comprehensive system. In 1986 Chenet Comprehensive school merged with neighbouring Sherbrook School, on Hednesford Road. The school became Cannock Chase High School. The school has recently been re-awarded specialist science school status, specialising in both science and mathematics. In 2011 it converted to Academy Status.

Academic performance

In 2016 the school was inspected by

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and judged to Require Improvement. In 2018 it was inspected again and judged Good; as of 2020 this is the most recent inspection. In 2019 the school's Progress 8 measure at

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was average. The proportion of children entered for the

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was 5%, compared to 34% for the local authority and 40% in England. The proportion of children achieving Grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs was 33%, compared to 37% for the local authority and 43% for England. Performance at

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in 2019 was average.

Notable faculty

* Philip Sugden (historian) * Jane Swinnerton, professional field hockey player

Notable former pupils

* Ritch Battersby, drummer in

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* Stanley Victor Collymore, former footballer and pundit for

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, comedian and actor * Gerald Gary "Jed" Mercurio OBE, television writer, producer, director and novelist.

Cannock Grammar School

* Chrissie Glazebrook, author * J. P. Wearing, author, former Head Boy

References

External links

Cannock Grammar School Former Pupils' Association

EduBase

News items

Stars in their Eyes on October 2002
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