John Taylor Free School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Secondary
Burton-on-Trent · DE13 9SA · Staffordshire
Ages 11–19
- Att843.8
- P8-0.3
- EM5+41%
- Absence9.0%
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 124392
Paget High School
Community school · Burton-on-Trent · DE14 3DR
Ages 11–18 · 606 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
39.0
Overall absence
12.6%
Admissions demand
0.99 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-10-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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 8-0.19
−20+2
Attainment 839.0
English & maths grade 5+27%
English & maths grade 4+46%
EBacc entry14%
EBacc APS: 3.1
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence12.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)42.2%
Unauthorised6.8%
- Authorised absence
- 5.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 10.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 659
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
0.99 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
92
Places offered
102
1st-preference offers
92
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 167
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 93
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
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 fill59%
606 pupils · 1,034 places
- Pupils on roll
- 606
- Boys / girls
- 283 / 323
- School capacity
- 1,034
- Capacity fill
- 606 / 1,034 (59%)
- Free school meals
- 32.7%
- FSM pupils
- 172
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr L Fenn Griffin
Location
- Address
- Burton Road, Branston
- Postcode
- DE14 3DR
- Town
- Burton-on-Trent
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter
- 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 community school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 606 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 32.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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%
1.8 miles away
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Burton-on-Trent · DE15 9SD · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att850.3
- P80.3
- EM5+60%
- Absence6.5%
1.8 miles away
Abbot Beyne School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Secondary
Burton-on-Trent · DE15 0JL · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att838.4
- P8-0.3
- EM5+28%
- Absence10.4%
2.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr L Fenn Griffin
- Telephone
- 01283248800