Best Secondary Schools in Burton-on-Trent

We checked all 7 secondary schools in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire,, and every one is ranked.

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Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Burton-on-Trent. Schools with the same score share a rank.

Burton-on-Trent also has 32 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Staffordshire. Staffordshire also has rankings for Stafford, Tamworth, Cannock, Lichfield and all of Staffordshire.

Ranked secondary schools in Burton-on-Trent

  1. 1

    John Taylor High School

    Academy, 1,523 pupils, inspected May 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    54.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    63.5%

  2. 2

    Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 632 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    46.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    46.2%

  3. 3

    John Taylor Free School

    Free school, 1,315 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    46.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    48%

  4. 4

    The de Ferrers Academy

    Academy, 2,403 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    46.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    47.6%

  5. 5

    Paulet High School

    Academy, 915 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    29.7%

  6. 6

    Paget High School

    Local authority maintained, 606 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    38.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    32%

  7. 7

    Abbot Beyne School

    Local authority maintained, 834 pupils, inspected May 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    39.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    26.5%