Abbot Beyne School

Abbot Beyne School continues to demonstrate its commitment to providing a good educational experience for its students. The school is welcoming and nurturing, creating an environment where learning is prioritized. Leaders have established high expectations across most subjects, and pupils appreciate the diverse range of enrichment and extracurricular activities available. While the school excels in curriculum ambition and personal development, the inspection identified some concerns regarding the effectiveness of assessment strategies in certain subjects. Overall, the school maintains a positive atmosphere where pupils feel safe and supported.

Strengths

• Welcoming, nurturing environment that prioritizes learning.
• High expectations of what pupils can achieve in most subjects.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers.
• Effective personal development initiatives for pupils.
• Wide variety of enrichment and extracurricular activities.
• Positive behavior and relationships among pupils and staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers in mathematics do not effectively check pupils' understanding.
• Inconsistent use of assessment strategies to identify gaps in knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Abbot Beyne School attended 89.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 30.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.2% of pupils at Abbot Beyne School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Abbot Beyne School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.9% of pupils at Abbot Beyne School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Abbot Beyne School received £8,461 and spent £8,400 for each of its 836 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £480,000 (-£575 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Abbot Beyne School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Abbot Beyne School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Abbot Beyne School last inspected by Ofsted?

Abbot Beyne School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Abbot Beyne School have?

Abbot Beyne School has 834 pupils on roll.

What age range does Abbot Beyne School cover?

Abbot Beyne School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Abbot Beyne School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.4, and 38% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Abbot Beyne School?

Abbot Beyne School is at Linnell Building, Osborne Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 0JL.