Secondary
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
Cardinal Way, Cannock, WS11 4AW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 732 of 998 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.0
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 60.5
- Pupils per adult
- 13.4
- Pupils
- 808
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 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
36%
8 points above the Cannock average (28% across 5 schools)
43.6
3.2 above the Cannock average (40.4 across 5 schools)
2nd 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 | 43.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.82 |
| Entered the EBacc | 57% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.35 |
| A level students | 41 |
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 time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 36% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 25.0 |
| 24/25 | 28.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 41.2 |
| 24/25 | 43.6 |
Cardinal Way, Cannock, WS11 4AW
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
- Hermione Gibson
- Address
- Cardinal Way, Cannock, WS11 4AW
- Telephone
- 01543502215