Chase Grammar School
Convent Close, Cannock, WS11 0UR
This school is closed (it closed in September 2025).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 2 to 20
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Mrs Moira Simpson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- Christian
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 134
- URN
- 124486
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
About this school
Chase Grammar School was an independent school in Cannock. It taught children aged 2 to 20 and had 134 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Chase Grammar School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in October 1980, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 28 | 49 | 25 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.4 | 17.1 | 37.6 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% | 14.3% | 40% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 14.3% | 52% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Chase Grammar School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.4 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 17.1 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.6 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 177 |
| 2023/24 | 149 |
| 2024/25 | 134 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 6
- Pupils on SEN support
- 32
Location
Nearby schools
-
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy0.3 miles
Academies · Cannock
-
Great Oaks College0.4 miles
Special schools · Cannock
-
Sherbrook Primary School0.7 miles
Academies · Cannock
-
Hednesford Valley High School1.9 miles
Special schools · Hednesford
-
Little Kinvaston School3.9 miles
Special schools · Gailey
Other schools in Cannock
- Hednesford Nursery School Nursery
- Bridgtown Primary School Primary
- Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior School Primary
- Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery School Primary
- Five Ways Primary School Primary
- Gorsemoor Primary School Primary
- Hazel Slade Primary Academy Primary
- Heath Hayes Primary Academy Primary
- Jerome Primary School Primary
- Littleton Green Community School Primary
- Longford Primary Academy Primary
- Moorhill Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Chase Grammar School teach?
- Chase Grammar School taught children aged 2 to 20. It was an independent school in Cannock.
- Has Chase Grammar School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Chase Grammar School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Chase Grammar School?
- Chase Grammar School had 134 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 20.
- How have Chase Grammar School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.4 in 2022/23 and 37.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Chase Grammar School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chase Grammar School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 October 2025.