John Taylor Free School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9SA
- Distance
- 3.8km away
John Taylor High School
Dunstall Road, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8AZ
Local ranking1st of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1800
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 54.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 63.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 56.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 241
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 57.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
38.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
40.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
122
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 18.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 36.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 318
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1499
- Boys
- 744 (50%)
- Girls
- 755 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1800 (83% full)
- SEND
- 8.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.3%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 6.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,869/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 79.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.9%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
79.7%
White British
8.9%
Asian Pakistani
2.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Dunstall Road
Burton-on-Trent, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 136323
- UKPRN
- 10032188
- Establishment No.
- 4061
- Trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
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