John Taylor High School

Dunstall Road, Barton-under-Needwood, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, DE13 8AZ

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About this school

John Taylor High School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in East Staffordshire, Staffordshire. The school has 1,499 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 7 May 2025. The Principal is Jon Blanchenot. The school is administered by Staffordshire local authority. It belongs to JOHN TAYLOR MAT. It opened in 1 November 2010.

School details

Principal

Jon Blanchenot

Trust

JOHN TAYLOR MAT

Local authority

Staffordshire

Gender

Mixed

URN

136323

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at John Taylor High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Staffordshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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