Primary school in Cannock, Staffordshire
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Hill Top, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 1DE
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 25 October 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 223
- Places
- 210
- How full
- Full — 223 pupils against 210 places
- Girls / boys
- 122 / 101
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Cannock Chase 008E, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 20%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 24%
- Households owning their home
- 79%
- Households in social housing
- 9%
- Households with no car
- 15%
- Adults economically inactive
- 41%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Alexander Gilchrist
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward
- Hednesford Hills & Rawnsley
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase
- URN
- 152007
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 51% | 0.4 mi |
| Poppyfield Primary AcademyFree schools | Good 2024 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 66% | 0.7 mi |
| West Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 72% | 0.7 mi |
| Five Ways Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 52% | 0.8 mi |
| Gorsemoor Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 65% | 1 mi |
| Redhill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 67% | 1.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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