Schools and Education in Cannock

There are 81 schools within 5 miles of Cannock town centre, including 51 primary and 14 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 85% are rated Good or Outstanding. Pelsall Sure Start Children's Centre holds an Outstanding rating. A further 7 schools are rated below Good, so checking individual Ofsted reports is recommended.

Total Schools
81
Primary
51
Secondary
14
Good / Outstanding
85%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

40
5
Outstanding (1) Good (40) Requires Improvement (5) Inadequate (2) Not yet inspected (33)
Pelsall Sure Start Children's Centre 4.9 miles High Street, High Street, Walsall, WS3 4LX Inspected: 26 February 2015
Cannock Chase High School Secondary 0.1 miles Hednesford Road, Cannock, WS11 1JT Inspected: 15 September 2023 Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior School Primary 0.7 miles Burns Street, Chadsmoor, Cannock, WS11 6DR Inspected: 31 March 2023 Great Oaks College 1 miles Longford Road, Cannock, WS11 0LG Inspected: 19 March 2024 Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery School Primary 1 miles Kingsway, Chadsmoor, Cannock, WS11 6EU Inspected: 19 April 2024 Bridgtown Primary School Primary 1 miles North Street, Bridgtown, Cannock, WS11 0AZ Inspected: 13 January 2025 Staffordshire University Academy Secondary 1.3 miles Marston Road, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 4JH Inspected: 16 November 2023 Hednesford Valley High School 1.3 miles Stanley Road, Hednesford, WS12 4JS Inspected: 03 December 2024 Kingsmead School Secondary 1.4 miles Kings Avenue, Cannock, WS12 1DH Inspected: 25 January 2022 Hednesford Nursery School Nursery 1.5 miles Eskrett Street, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1AR Inspected: 21 September 2022 Gorsemoor Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Gorsemoor Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 3TG Inspected: 11 November 2021 St Peter's CofE Primary Academy Primary 1.6 miles Willows Croft, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1BE Inspected: 27 January 2023 West Hill Primary School Primary 1.6 miles High Mount Street, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 4BH Inspected: 19 April 2024 Five Ways Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Langholm Drive, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 2EZ Inspected: 19 June 2025 Poppyfield Primary Academy Primary 1.7 miles Pye Green Road, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 4RY Inspected: 15 March 2024 Great Wyrley Academy Secondary 1.8 miles Olde Hall Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6LQ Inspected: 15 February 2023 Pye Green Academy Primary 1.9 miles Rose Hill, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 4RT Inspected: 14 November 2022 Heath Hayes Primary Academy Primary 1.9 miles Wimblebury Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, WS12 2EP Inspected: 15 December 2021 Glenthorne Community Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Tennscore Avenue, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, WS6 7BZ Inspected: 15 May 2024 Cheslyn Hay Academy Secondary 2.3 miles Hospital Lane, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, WS6 7JQ Inspected: 02 December 2022 Jerome Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Hussey Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9TP Inspected: 17 March 2023 Norton Canes Primary Academy Primary 2.7 miles School Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9SQ Inspected: 17 September 2024 Landywood Primary School Primary 3 miles Holly Lane, Landywood, Walsall, WS6 6AQ Inspected: 09 May 2022 Havergal CofE (C) Primary School Primary 3.5 miles School Lane, Shareshill, Wolverhampton, WV10 7LE Inspected: 15 September 2023 Chase Terrace Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Rugeley Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, WS7 1AH Inspected: 23 January 2025 South Staffordshire College 16 plus 4 miles Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, ST19 5PH Inspected: 14 May 2024 Erasmus Darwin Academy Secondary 4.1 miles Pool Road, Burntwood, WS7 3QW Inspected: 07 July 2023 Robin's Nest School 4.1 miles Watling Street, Watling Street, Cannock, ST19 5PR Inspected: 15 June 2023 Little Kinvaston School 4.1 miles Watling Street, Gailey, ST19 5PR Inspected: 13 October 2025 Gentleshaw Primary Academy Primary 4.2 miles Common Side, Gentleshaw, Rugeley, WS15 4LY Inspected: 14 October 2021 Watling Street Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Watling Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 7LW Inspected: 16 January 2023 St Michael's CofE (A) First School Primary 4.4 miles Market Street, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5DJ Inspected: 17 March 2022 St John's Primary Academy Primary 4.4 miles Bognop Road, Essington, Wolverhampton, WV11 2RF Inspected: 10 March 2023 Springhill Primary Academy Primary 4.4 miles Glenmore Avenue, Chasetown, Burntwood, WS7 4UN Inspected: 20 November 2024 Featherstone Academy Primary 4.4 miles The Avenue, Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7AS Inspected: 24 May 2023 Lower Farm Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Bakewell Close, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3QH Inspected: 22 May 2024 JP Alternative Education 4.6 miles Penkridge Bank, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, WS15 2UB Inspected: 21 November 2023 Ryders Hayes School Primary 4.7 miles Gilpin Crescent, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 4HX Inspected: 15 May 2023 Pelsall Village School Primary 4.9 miles Old Town Lane, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 4NJ Inspected: 01 July 2022 Millfields Nursery School Nursery 4.9 miles Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3LU Inspected: 24 June 2024 St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Bloxwich Primary 5 miles Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3LY Inspected: 18 April 2024
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy 0.8 miles Avon Road, Cannock, WS11 1LH Inspected: 27 November 2023 Norton Canes High School Secondary 2.6 miles Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9SP Inspected: 13 June 2024 Walsall Academy Secondary 4.9 miles Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3LX Inspected: 17 May 2023 All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall Primary 4.9 miles School Lane, Bednall, Stafford, ST17 0SD Inspected: 10 June 2024 Bloxwich Sure Start Children's Centre 4.9 miles Mossley Lane, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 2SF Inspected: 17 October 2013
Landywood Children's Centre 3 miles Holly Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6AQ Inspected: 03 September 2015 The Rural Enterprise Academy Secondary 4 miles Wolverhampton Road, Penkridge, ST19 5PH Inspected: 10 September 2025
Sherbrook Primary School 0.3 miles Grainger Court, Cannock, WS11 5SA Cannock Chase Children's Centre 0.4 miles Short Street, Cannock, WS11 5BU St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Hunter Road, Cannock, WS11 0AE Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Secondary 0.6 miles Cardinal Way, Stafford Road, Cannock, WS11 4AW St Lukes CofE Primary School Primary 0.9 miles New Penkridge Road, Cannock, WS11 1HN Redhill Primary School Primary 1 miles Wright's Avenue, West Chadsmoor, Cannock, WS11 5JR Longford Primary Academy Primary 1 miles Ascot Drive, Cannock, WS11 1PD Moorhill Primary School Primary 1 miles Pye Green Road, Cannock, WS11 5RN St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Hill Street, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1DE Littleton Green Community School Primary 1.5 miles Colliers Way, Huntington, Cannock, WS12 4UD St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Belmont Close, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6PG Moat Hall Primary Academy Primary 2.1 miles Johns Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6BX Cheslyn Hay Primary Academy Primary 2.3 miles Hospital Lane, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, WS6 7JQ Hazel Slade Primary Academy Primary 2.8 miles Cannock Wood Street, Hazel Slade, Cannock, WS12 0PN Holly Grove Primary Academy Primary 3.5 miles Holly Grove Lane, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, WS7 1LU Wolgarston High School Secondary 3.7 miles Cannock Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5RX Brownhills West Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Shannon Drive, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 7LA St Joseph & St Theresa Catholic Primary School Primary 3.9 miles High Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, WS7 3XL Chasetown Community School 4 miles Church Walk, Chasetown, Burntwood, WS7 3QL Princefield First School Primary 4 miles Saxon Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5EP Boney Hay Primary Academy Primary 4.1 miles Chorley Road, Burntwood, WS7 2PF Chase Terrace Academy Secondary 4.2 miles Fieldhouse Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, WS7 2DB Penkridge Middle School Middle deemed secondary 4.3 miles Marsh Lane, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5BW Marshbrook First School Primary 4.4 miles Teddesley Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5BA Ridgeway Primary Academy Primary 4.4 miles Grange Road, Chasetown, Burntwood, WS7 4TU Abbey Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Glastonbury Crescent, Mossley Estate, Walsall, WS3 2RP Brownhills Ormiston Academy Secondary 4.7 miles Deakin Avenue, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 7QG Little Bloxwich CofE VC Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Grenfell Road, Little Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3DL Highfields Primary Academy Primary 4.8 miles Chaseley Gardens, Burntwood, WS7 9BT Jubilee Academy Mossley Primary 4.9 miles Tintern Crescent, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 2SQ St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Narrow Lane, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6HX Inspected: 10 June 2024 Brownhills Sure Start Children's Centre 4.9 miles Great Charles Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6AE Inspected: 03 February 2012 St James Academy Primary 4.9 miles Great Charles Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6AE