Hednesford Valley High School
Special schoolHednesford Valley High School is a special school in Cannock Chase, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 205 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, October 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 9 October 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Hednesford Valley High School was 0.8, against 41.2 in Cannock Chase and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Cannock Chase | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 0.8 | 41.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 33.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 53.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 34 | – | – |
- Hednesford Valley High School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Staffordshire University AcademySecondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 33.3 (2025/26, provisional)340 m
- Poppyfield Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024510 m
- West Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024590 m
- Hednesford Nursery SchoolNursery. Good (overall), June 2022830 m
- Redhill Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cannock Chase
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).