Abbot Beyne School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
124449
Address
Linnell Building, Osborne Street, DE15 0JL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
828 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
30.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.2%
Persistent absence
27.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.3%
Pakistani 15.2%
Other White 13.4%
Mixed 6.1%
Other Asian 2.7%
African 2.2%
Other 1.1%
Indian 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.3
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award35
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award18
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
MultimediaTechnical Award14
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award20
Art & DesignGCSE35
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE16
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Abbot Beyne School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
140
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
129
2nd preference
74
3rd preference
67
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
129
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
10
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
142
81
61
Year 8
151
78
73
Year 9
146
63
83
Year 10
150
79
71
Year 11
130
67
63
Year 12
59
22
37
Year 13
50
19
31
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
42.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
44.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
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
67.0%
51.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
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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