Paget High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 4 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
124392
Address
Burton Road, Branston, DE14 3DR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
661 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
54.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.4%
Persistent absence
26.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 40.5%
White British 22.7%
Other White 11.5%
Mixed 7.7%
Other Asian 7.1%
African 5.3%
Other 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.4%
Other Black 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Caribbean 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 4%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.5
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.14
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Mathematics (Further)AS level1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE102
English LiteratureGCSE102
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Paget High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
90
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
81
2nd preference
57
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
81
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
107
48
59
Year 8
93
45
48
Year 9
119
65
54
Year 10
116
52
64
Year 11
112
62
50
Year 12
62
30
32
Year 13
52
18
34
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
35.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
48.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
62.0%
51.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
3.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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