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John Taylor High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,523Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136323URN

Dunstall Road, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8AZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

465 applications for 242 places · 20th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.6of 90
5th of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 7 May 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Year 7
close to Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

465 applications · 242 places offered · 251 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262424651.92511.04
Sep 20252404692.02831.18
Sep 20242364581.92831.20
Sep 20232374612.02511.06
Sep 20222395022.12691.13
Sep 20212345042.22781.19
Sep 20202575152.02751.07
Sep 20192404872.02751.15
Sep 20182624841.92721.04
Sep 20172595262.03451.33
Sep 20162584611.82801.09
Sep 20152574601.83121.21
Sep 20142213981.82591.17

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

226 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.65th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths59%4th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths75%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.49
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22653.659%75%–
2024/2524154.864%79%–
2023/2423456.765%85%+0.49
2022/2324852.858%82%+0.28

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136323 · 860/4061
Trust
John Taylor MAT
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,800 pupils · 1,523 on roll
Free school meals
10.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2010
Replaced
John Taylor High School (URN 124394)
Address
Dunstall Road, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8AZ
Local authority
Staffordshire · East Staffordshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources