| Established | 1520 |
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| Type | Voluntary controlled school |
| Headteacher | Mrs Annabel Stoddart |
| Founder | Abbot William George Arthur Beyne |
| Specialism | Arts |
| Location | Linnell Building, Osborne Street Winshill, Burton upon Trent Staffordshire DE15 0JL England |
| Local authority | Staffordshire |
| DfE number | ???/4500 |
| DfE URN | 124449 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 918 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Former name | Burton Grammar School |
| Website | Abbot Beyne |
The Abbot Beyne School is a comprehensive school in Burton upon Trent in east Staffordshire. It is the successor to Burton Grammar School.
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It is situated in Winshill, on the other side of the river, east of the B5008, near the junction of the A511 and A444 at Burton Bridge.
William George Arthur Beyne junior, Abbot of Burton Abbey, endowed a grammar school in the early 16th century, functioning by 1531. The boys' grammar school moved to Winshill in 1957. It was administered by the County Borough of Burton upon Trent, 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 on St Mary's Drive in Horninglow, which became Wulfric Comprehensive School in 1975, then De Ferrers High School in 1985.
In 1975 the grammar school was merged with the Winshill Girls' High School[1] and Ada Chadwick Secondary Modern School to become Abbot Beyne mixed Comprehensive School on Mill Hill Lane.
It gets GCSE and A-level results above the England average, with the A-level results being slightly better than the GCSE results.
Abbot Beyne boasts an array of sporting facilities, including; two gymnasiums, rugby pitches, two athletic tracks, two football pitches and numerous tennis courts.
The Mehji Cup is a 32 team, 5-a-side football tournament, in honour of Ramez Ali Bashir, a Sixth Former who died on 8 June 2006.