Paget High School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Secondary
Burton-on-Trent · DE14 3DR · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att839.0
- P8-0.2
- EM5+27%
- Absence12.6%
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 145889
John Taylor Free School
Free schools · Burton-on-Trent · DE13 9SA
Ages 11–19 · 1,315 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
43.8
Overall absence
9.0%
Admissions demand
0.88 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.30
−20+2
Attainment 843.8
English & maths grade 5+41%
English & maths grade 4+64%
EBacc entry87%
EBacc APS: 4.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)28.6%
Unauthorised3.7%
- Authorised absence
- 5.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,205
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.88 · Often has places
1st preferences
191
Places offered
217
1st-preference offers
191
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 530
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 217
- Applications from outside LA
- 30
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 7
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill85%
1,315 pupils · 1,550 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,315
- Boys / girls
- 653 / 662
- School capacity
- 1,550
- Capacity fill
- 1,315 / 1,550 (85%)
- Free school meals
- 24.3%
- FSM pupils
- 269
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: JOHN TAYLOR MAT
- Academy trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
- Sponsor
- John Taylor MAT
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sophie Martin
Location
- Address
- Branston Road, Tatenhill
- Postcode
- DE13 9SA
- Town
- Burton-on-Trent
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Lichfield
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1,315 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form. Free school meals: 24.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
John Taylor High School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Burton-on-Trent · DE13 8AZ · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att856.7
- P80.5
- EM5+65%
- Absence6.0%
2.4 miles away
Paulet High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Burton-on-Trent · DE15 9RT · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att840.3
- P8-0.7
- EM5+25%
- Absence8.4%
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sophie Martin
- Telephone
- 01283247823