John Taylor High School
Dunstall Road, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8AZ
1,523 pupils · 85% of 1,800 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 7 May 2025, published 8 June 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 54.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 63.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 79.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 56.8% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.04 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 242 | 251 | 465 | 242 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 240 | 283 | 469 | 240 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 236 | 283 | 458 | 236 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 237 | 251 | 461 | 237 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 239 | 269 | 502 | 239 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 234 | 278 | 504 | 234 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 257 | 275 | 515 | 257 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 240 | 275 | 487 | 240 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- John Taylor Free School 3.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Paget High School 4.9 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy 7.5 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Paulet High School 7.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Abbot Beyne School 8.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- The de Ferrers Academy 9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.