Primary school in Cannock, Staffordshire
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Hunter Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 0AE
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024.
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
- 219
- Places
- 210
- How full
- Full — 219 pupils against 210 places
- Girls / boys
- 104 / 115
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Cannock Chase 012B, 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
- 22%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 28%
- Households owning their home
- 52%
- Households in social housing
- 22%
- Households with no car
- 32%
- Adults economically inactive
- 44%
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: James Shingler
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward
- Cannock Longford & Bridgtown
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase
- URN
- 152005
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgtown Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 76% | 0.5 mi |
| Longford Primary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 51% | 0.6 mi |
| St Lukes CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | No grade | 79% | 0.7 mi |
| Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 66% | 1.3 mi |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | — | 1.3 mi |
| Moorhill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 37% | 1.5 mi |
| Redhill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 67% | 1.5 mi |
| Moat Hall Primary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 75% | 1.5 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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