Abbot Beyne School Explained

Abbot Beyne School
Coordinates:52.8071°N -1.6155°W
Type:Voluntary controlled school
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Jamie Tickle
Founder:Abbot William George Arthur Beyne
Specialist:Arts
Address:Linnell Building, Osborne Street
City:Winshill, Burton upon Trent
County:Staffordshire
Country:England
Postcode:DE15 0JL
Local Authority:Staffordshire
Dfeno:860/4500
Urn:124449
Ofsted:yes
Enrolment:791
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Free Label 1:Former name
Free 1:Burton Grammar School

Abbot Beyne School is a comprehensive school in Burton upon Trent in east Staffordshire, England. It was created after the Burton Grammar School was abolished and initially educated the remaining pupils from Burton Grammar School and Burton Girls' High School who had been selected at the age of 11 as pupils likely to benefit from a highly academic education. It inhabited the Grammar School site but as a newly created comprehensive school, did not inherit its educational pedagogy.[1] [2]

Location

It is situated in Winshill, on the other side of the River Trent to the town centre, east of the B5008, near the junction of the A511 and A444 at Burton Bridge.[3]

History

Grammar school

William Beyne, Abbot of Burton Abbey, endowed a grammar school in the early 16th century, functioning sometime around 1531. The boys' Grammar School moved to Winshill in 1957. It was administered by the county borough of Burton upon Trent, and known as The Grammar School with about 600 boys. The girls' high school opened in 1928. From April 1974 it was administered by Staffordshire County Council.

Another similar nearby school was the Dovecliff Grammar School, formerly Burton Technical School, on St Mary's Drive in Horninglow, which became Wulfric Comprehensive School in 1975, then De Ferrers High School in 1985.

Comprehensive

In 1975 the Burton Grammar school was merged with the Burton on Trent Girls' High School and Ada Chadwick Secondary Modern School to become Abbot Beyne mixed Comprehensive School on Mill Hill Lane but it was a newly created school. Other than using the name of the founder of the Grammar School, Abbot Beyne and using the site in Winshill, it did not inherit any of the previous school's traditions or educational practices. Pupils were no longer selected on ability.[4]

Academic performance

The school achieves GCSE and A-level results around the England average, with the A-level results being slightly better than the GCSE results.[5]

Sport

Abbot Beyne has an array of sporting facilities, including; two gymnasiums, rugby pitches, two athletic tracks, two football pitches and numerous tennis courts.

Alumni

The Grammar School

The Comprehensive School

External links

News items

Notes and References

  1. Outline History 1520 - 1584 Harold Moodey
  2. burton Grammar School - Gallagher
  3. Web site: Geograph:: Weir on the River Trent © Angella Streluk. www.geograph.org.uk.
  4. Burton Grammar School - Gallagher
  5. Web site: Institute . Ignite Training . 2023-04-03 . 5 Differences Between GCSE & A-Levels: Facts To Know . 2023-07-27 . ignite . en-US.
  6. Web site: Obituary: Professor Brian Hackett. https://web.archive.org/web/20121108001605/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-brian-hackett-1161209.html . 2012-11-08 . limited . live. 5 May 1998. The Independent.