Burton Borough School Explained

Burton Borough School
Coordinates:52.7691°N -2.3787°W
Motto:"Be the difference"
Established:1957
Head Label:Acting Principal
Head:Manny Kelay
Chair Label:Executive Principal
Chair:Richard Gummery
Founder:J.S Burton Borough
Address:Audley Avenue
Country:England
Postcode:TF69 7DS
Local Authority:Telford & Wrekin
Ofsted:yes
Urn:123574
Staff:180
Enrolment:1,300 (approximately)
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Houses:Aqualate, Chetwynd and Hawkstone (from September 2017)
Colours:Navy blue, black, grey and white

Burton Borough School (often abbreviated as 'BBS') is a coeducational secondary school on the southern edge of Newport, Shropshire, England, in Audley Avenue. The school was opened in 1957. In 2004 it was designated a Specialist Arts College.

The school is named after a local man, J.S. Burton Borough, who was a High Sheriff and deputy lieutenant for Shropshire and was the first governor of the school.

Development

Over the past years, it has been extended and the school enrolment has increased. It now has approximately 1,300 pupils.

The first large piece of building work was in 1999 when it was decided to expand the music department, by building a new complex fitted with art gallery, large music rooms, small rooms for 'one to one' development, a theatre and external theatre, plus a recording studio.

With the new pupils, the school received additional funding from the government, which was spent developing the English department by building a block of five new classrooms, and a gym and sports hall next to the Army Cadet Force hut.

The school is still ongoing improvements with a "Requires improvement" rating in 2021 and a Short Inspection identifying successes and further improvements in 2023.

The school has a band and a big band.[1] [2]

New school building

The new school building, which lies behind the concurrent building, was completed in 2015. The central space of the building is open plan and connects to the (original) English block, now the Maths block. The new building has a library, unisex toilets and approximately 30 new classrooms: including a design and technology block, a large meeting room, STEM and COMMS classrooms and various ICT suites throughout the building. The new school building cost approximately 8 million pounds. Shortly after, a new main school hall for assemblies and performances was built and cost approximately 1.2 million pounds. BBS realised that the original canteen wasn't big enough for around 1300 students so they started to expand it in December and it will be finished on 4 March 2024.

Notable former pupils

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mayors unite for Newport Civic Service . 2 March 2024 . Shropshire Star . 3 October 2019.
  2. News: Burton Borough School Big Band . 2 March 2024 . Classic FM . 2014.
  3. Book: Percival, Tony. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. 1999. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. 36. 1-902171-17-9.
  4. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1898, p.39.