Secondary
John Taylor High School
Dunstall Road, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8AZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1523 of 1800 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
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
64%
54.8
1st 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 | 54.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.01 |
| Entered the EBacc | 57% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| A level average points per entry | 38.81 |
| A level students | 122 |
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 time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 63% |
| 22/23 | 58% |
| 23/24 | 65% |
| 24/25 | 64% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.8 |
| 22/23 | 36.6 |
| 23/24 | 39.6 |
| 24/25 | 38.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.40 |
| 22/23 | +0.28 |
| 23/24 | +0.49 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 58.4 |
| 22/23 | 52.8 |
| 23/24 | 56.7 |
| 24/25 | 54.8 |
Dunstall Road, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8AZ
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
- Principal
- Jon Blanchenot
- Address
- Dunstall Road, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8AZ
- Telephone
- 01283247800