| Established | 1957 |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Mr M Donoghue |
| Chairman of Governors | Mr D Lees |
| Founder | John Taylor |
| Specialism | Science College Leadership |
| Location | Dunstall Road Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire DE13 8AZ England |
| Local authority | Staffordshire |
| DfE URN | 124394 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | approx 1400 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Kingston Marchington Sherwood Needwood |
| Website | www.johntaylor.staffs.sch.uk |
John Taylor High School is a comprehensive specialist-Science school located in the East Staffordshire village of Barton-under-Needwood, near Burton-on-Trent.
Founded in 1957, the school was named in the honour of John Taylor, who grew up in the village.
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The school was last subject to a full Ofsted inspection in January 2007. This report judged the school to be Outstanding [1].
Academically, the school is consistently one of the top performing within Staffordshire. In the 2007 results, John Taylor achieved a 5 A*-C (including English and Maths) GCSE percentage of 69%. This placed the school fifth by performance in the county overall and top-performing state school [2].
Based on the school's performance during the period 2004-2007 in GCSE, the school was ranked joint-ninth most improved in the country [3]. Subsequent to this, the school was awarded High Performance Specialist School (HPSS) status and awarded a second, additional specialism in Leadership. The school was used as the case study by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) for this new specialism.
The school has seen substantial improvement in performance at GCSE-level with year-on-year increases and in comparison to other schools within the Staffordshire Local Authority.
| Year | % of pupils 5+ A*-C GCSEs inc. English & Maths |
Ranking in County (all schools) |
Ranking in County (state schools) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 [4] | 47% | 15= | 11= |
| 2005 [5] | 59% | 13 | 10= |
| 2006 [6] | 68% | 5= | 1= |
| 2007 [7] | 69% | 5 | 1 |
| 2008 [8] | 77% | 4 | 1 |
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