Norton Canes High School

Community schoolSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, WS11 9SP

Headteacher · Mrs Sarah Diggory

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 8 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils400Capacity 724

OfstedRequires improvementInspected 30 April 2024

Free school meals40.3%

SEN provisionResourced provision

Requires improvement

Graded inspection on 30 April 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Staffordshire council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 69 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered76

Applications130

First choice69

First-choice offers69

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).