Secondary
John Taylor Free School
Branston Road, Tatenhill, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9SA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1315 of 1550 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 108.4
- Pupils per adult
- 11.6
- Pupils
- 1,258
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
48%
6 points above the Burton-on-Trent average (42% across 7 schools)
46.4
1.6 above the Burton-on-Trent average (44.8 across 7 schools)
4th of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Burton-on-Trent we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.45 |
| Entered the EBacc | 88% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.41 |
| A level students | 99 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 52% |
| 23/24 | 41% |
| 24/25 | 48% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | +0.06 |
| 23/24 | -0.30 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 49.5 |
| 23/24 | 43.8 |
| 24/25 | 46.4 |
Branston Road, Tatenhill, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9SA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Staffordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sophie Martin
- Address
- Branston Road, Tatenhill, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9SA
- Telephone
- 01283247823