Abbot Beyne School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school · Mixed · Staffordshire
Linnell Building, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0JL
55
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.9%
30.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
834
Capacity used
Has space70%
1,189 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
129 of 129 families who put it first got an offer
140
Places offered
271
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 129 | 129 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 74 | 5 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 67 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 271 | 136 | 50% |
1st preference success by year
Staffordshire lets families list 3 preferences. 15 applications came from outside the council area (10 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jamie Tickle
- Address
- Linnell Building, Osborne Street, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0JL
- Phone
- 01283759007
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Winshill · Burton and Uttoxeter
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 124449
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 33% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
834 pupils · 1,189 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
12 October 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 744 pupils
Attendance
89.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
30.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 38.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.27 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 28% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 44% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.13 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 30.28 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 26.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 50.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 16.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.24 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 132 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.78 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 13.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 48 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 127 | 6% | 35% | 55% | |
| English Literature | 126 | 8% | 45% | 63% | |
| Mathematics | 125 | 10% | 35% | 61% | |
| Geography | 97 | 13% | 31% | 45% | |
| Combined Science | 96 | 1% | 17% | 40% | |
| Art and Design | 66 | 29% | 61% | 70% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 52 | 12% | 35% | 50% | |
| History | 40 | 18% | 57% | 73% | |
| Biology | 30 | 20% | 77% | 87% | |
| Physics | 30 | 37% | 83% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 30 | 27% | 77% | 97% | |
| Design & Technology | 21 | 5% | 29% | 43% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 17 | 0% | 6% | 47% | |
| Physics | 13 | 8% | 15% | 23% | |
| Mathematics | 12 | 8% | 17% | 67% | |
| Photography | 12 | 0% | 17% | 58% | |
| Sociology | 11 | 0% | 18% | 55% | |
| English Literature | 9 | 0% | 11% | 33% | |
| Geography | 8 | 25% | 25% | 50% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 29% | 43% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Language | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12674: Abbot Beyne School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 58% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 63% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Staffordshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.