John Taylor Free School

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address Branston Road
Tatenhill
Burton-on-Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 9SA
Phone 01283247823
Reference Number 145889

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1258
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.64%
Girls: 49.36%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 22.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 118 120 238
8 118 116 234
9 112 108 220
10 120 114 234
11 123 102 225
12 46 61 107
13 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 56.4%
Pakistani 15.4%
White, Other 8.6%
Unclassified 3.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.7%
Asian, Other 2.7%
Indian 2.1%
Mixed, Other 1.8%
White & Asian 1.2%
Chinese 0.7%
African 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-03-31
Date Description Report
2023-02-14 School inspection: School inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
43.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 41.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 54.3% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 271 26
Third Preference 67 0
From another Local Authority 30 7

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Rykneld Primary School
Main Street, Branston, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3EX
0.75 miles
Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy
Henhurst Ridge, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9TQ
1.32 miles
Shobnall Primary & Nursery School
Shobnall Road, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2BB
1.55 miles
Anglesey Primary Academy
Clarence Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3LG
1.86 miles
All Saints CofE (C) Primary School
Tatenhill Lane, Rangemore, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9RW
2.06 miles
Christ Church Primary School
Dale Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3TE
2.09 miles
Grange School
Shobnall Close, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2HU
2.2 miles
The Mosley Academy
Main Road, Anslow, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9QD
2.23 miles
Thomas Russell Infants School
Station Road, Barton-Under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 8DS
2.32 miles
River View Primary and Nursery School
Suffolk Road, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 9HR
2.35 miles
Scientia Academy
Mona Road, Burton-upon-Trent, DE13 0UF
2.41 miles
Walton On Trent CofE Primary and Nursery School
Coton Road, Walton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8NL
2.41 miles
Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School
Victoria Road, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2LU
2.44 miles
Thomas Russell Junior School
Gilmour Lane, Barton-Under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 8EU
2.52 miles
Horninglow Primary: A de Ferrers Trust Academy
Horninglow Road North, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0SW
2.77 miles
Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School
Wetmore Road, Holy Trinity Ce (C) Primary School, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 1SN
2.82 miles
Lansdowne: A de Ferrers Trust Academy
Goodman Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2RE
2.84 miles
Edge Hill Academy
Sycamore Road, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 9NX
2.85 miles
The Violet Way Academy
Violet Way, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 9ES
2.9 miles
Burton Fields School
Outwoods Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2PJ
3.01 miles
Name Distance
Paget High School
Burton Road, Branston, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3DR
1.3 miles
John Taylor High School
Dunstall Road, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 8AZ
2.35 miles
Burton and South Derbyshire College
Lichfield Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3RL
2.4 miles
Paulet High School
Violet Way, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 9RT
3 miles
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Bluestone Lane, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 9SD
3.04 miles
Abbot Beyne School
Linnell Building, Osborne Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 0JL
3.17 miles
The de Ferrers Academy
St Mary's Drive, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0LL
3.23 miles
The Fountains High School
Bitham Lane, Stretton, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0HB
3.37 miles
Pegasus School
Main Street, Cauldwell, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 6RS
3.88 miles
Bladon House School
Newton Solney, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 0TA
3.98 miles
Mercia Academy
Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0TL
4.55 miles
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