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John Taylor High School

Dunstall Road, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 8AZ ·

Ofsted:Good or better in all areas· 2025

At a glance

A state secondary academy for ages 11–18 in Burton-on-Trent. Ofsted inspection (May 2025): Good or better in all areas (no overall grade was given). GCSE results are well above the England average (Attainment 8: 54.8 vs 46.1, 2024/25). Oversubscribed: 251 families put it first for 242 places (September 2026 entry).

Ages: 11–18
Pupils: 1,523
Gender: Mixed
Sixth form: Yes
Admissions: Non-selective
Local authority: Staffordshire
Academy trust: JOHN TAYLOR MAT
Headteacher: Headteacher Jon Blanchenot
Opened: Nov 2010

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Inspection

Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)

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Graded inspection 7 May 2025

Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.

Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes: Good
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Outstanding
Sixth form: Outstanding

Safeguarding effective: Yes

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Exam results

Department for Education performance tables

GCSE results, 2024/25 · 241 pupils

Attainment 8

54.8

England 46.1

Grade 5+ Eng & maths

63.5%

England 45.4%

Grade 4+ Eng & maths

79.3%

England 64.8%

Progress 8

+0.49

2023/24 · CI 0.3 to 0.67

This school

54.8

Staffordshire

43.9

England

46.1

Attainment 8 over time

Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.

Admissions

Demand for places and how places are allocated

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Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)

Offers made

242

1st preferences

251

All applications

465

1st prefs per place

1.04

More first choices than places

232 of 251 first-preference applicants were offered a place (92%). 25 offers went to families living in another council area.

Oversubscribed with first preferences

Catchment area

We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.

Last distance offered

Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.

How places are allocated: you apply through your home council. When a school has more applicants than places, it applies its published oversubscription criteria in order. These usually start with looked-after children, then siblings, then catchment or distance; faith schools may prioritise church attendance. Children with an EHC plan naming the school are admitted first. Apply on GOV.UK

Pupils

School census 2024/25

Pupils

1,499

Capacity

1,800

85% full

Girls / boys

51/49

Mixed

Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)9.3%
English as an additional language6.3%
SEN support6.5%
Education, Health and Care plan2%
The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.