Cannock Chase High School
Academy converter secondary school in Cannock (Staffordshire).
Location
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Cannock Chase High School is an 11-19 state funded comprehensive school with Academy Status and over a 1100 students on roll. Our school is a vibrant and ambitious learning community with a relentless focus on the highest standards of academic achievement, personal development and equality of opportunity.
In everything we do, we are dedicated to reaching our school goal Achievement for All . We hope you find our website useful. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can help in any way. Leaders key values of integrity, teamwork, responsibility, excellence and resilience underpin all that the school promotes. Pupils respond positively to these values and high expectations.
They work hard and their behaviour is exemplary. School leaders have created a calm, well-ordered environment in which pupils can thrive.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 137384
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (16 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.16 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sher Afgan Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Pauline Bury Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Jane Louise Handley Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 |
| Miss Niamh Allen Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Bethani-Lee Dalziel Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Peter Kruskonjic Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Amber Parkes Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Coleen Worrall Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Claire Julie Aldridge Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Claire Julie Aldridge Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Michael Bedford Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Richard James Craddock Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Ruth Forster Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Stuart Gooderham Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Helen Daniel | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2017 | |
| Iain Turnbull Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2015 | |
| Miss Denise Jinks Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Tara Michelle Bryan Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record