Secondary
Kingsmead School
Kings Avenue, Cannock, WS12 1DH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1427 of 1257 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 101.3
- Pupils per adult
- 13.9
- Pupils
- 1,409
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
December 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
January 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
40%
12 points above the Cannock average (28% across 5 schools)
48.5
8.1 above the Cannock average (40.4 across 5 schools)
1st of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Cannock we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.05 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.84 |
| A level students | 76 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54% |
| 22/23 | 55% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.5 |
| 22/23 | 35.1 |
| 23/24 | 36.4 |
| 24/25 | 37.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.40 |
| 22/23 | +0.70 |
| 23/24 | +0.44 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53.3 |
| 22/23 | 53.1 |
| 23/24 | 51.3 |
| 24/25 | 48.5 |
Kings Avenue, Cannock, WS12 1DH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Staffordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Paul Averis
- Address
- Kings Avenue, Cannock, WS12 1DH
- Telephone
- 01543227320