Abbot Beyne School

Abbot Beyne School
Established	1520
Type	Voluntary controlled school
Headteacher	Mrs Annabel Stoddart
Founder	Abbot William George Arthur Beyne
Location	Linnell Building, Osborne Street Winshill, Burton upon Trent Staffordshire DE15 0JL England Coordinates: 52°48′26″N 1°36′56″W / 52.80713°N 1.61554°W / 52.80713; -1.61554
Local authority	Staffordshire
DfE number	860/4500
DfE URN	124449 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	791
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, England. It is the successor to Burton Grammar School.

Admissions

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.

History

Grammar school

William Beyne, 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, 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 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 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.

Academic performance

It gets GCSE and A-level results above the England average, with the A-level results being slightly better than the GCSE results.

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

Dr Norman Allen CB, President from 1961-2 of the Institute of Metallurgists
Michael Thomas Bass, Jr., brewer
Prof Alec Beardmore, Professor of Genetics from 1966-97 at Swansea University
Prof Adrian Brown, Professor of Biology and Chemistry of Fermentation from 1899-1919 at the University of Birmingham
Bernard Crump, Chief Executive since 2005 of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Sir Cecil Dannatt OBE MC, Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1940-4 at the University of Birmingham
Sir Oscar de Ville CBE, Chairman from 1987-91 of Meyer International (bought by Saint-Gobain in 2000)
Prof Brian Hackett, Professor of Landscape Architecture frm 1967-77 at Newcastle University, and President from 1967-9 of the Institute of Landscape Architects (now the Landscape Institute)
Anthony Hardy (b. 1951), serial killer in London
Paul Harvey (artist)
Sir Francis Ley
Alfred Ernest Newbould, Liberal MP from 1919-22 for Leyton West
Bob Plant (soldier) MC
Prof Roy Pryce, Director from 1983-90 of the Federal Trust for Education and Research
Edward Wightman (d.1612), nontrinitarian Baptist pastor, last person burnt at the stake for heresy in England
Alastair Yates, former BBC & Sky News journalist

Girls' High School

Jane Furniss, Chief Executive since 2006 of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)
Dr Pamela Horn, author

References

↑ Girls' High School

News items

Teachers hurt in May 2010

Schools in Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent)

Primary	St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Middle	Oldfields Hall Middle School Windsor Park Middle School

Secondary	Abbot Beyne School Alleyne's Academy Biddulph High School Birches Head Academy Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College Blessed William Howard Catholic School Blythe Bridge High School Cannock Chase High School Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School Chase Terrace Technology College The Cheadle Academy Cheslyn Hay Sport & Community High School Chesterton Community Sports College Clayton Hall Academy Codsall Community High School The de Ferrers Academy Endon High School Erasmus Darwin Academy Excel Academy The Friary School Great Wyrley High School Hagley Park Academy Haywood Academy JCB Academy John Taylor High School King Edward VI School The King's Church of England School Kingsmead School Kinver High School Landau Forte Academy Amington Landau Forte Academy QEMS Leek High School Moorside High School Nether Stowe School Newcastle Academy Norton Canes High School Ormiston Horizon Academy Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Ounsdale High School Painsley Catholic College Paulet High School The Rawlett School St Peter's Academy Sandon High School Sir Graham Balfour School Staffordshire University Academy Tamworth Enterprise College Thistley Hough Academy Thomas Alleyne's High School Trentham High School University Academy Kidsgrove Walton High School Weston Road Academy Westwood College Wolgarston High School Wolstanton High School

Grammar	St Joseph's College

Special	Abbey Hill School and Performing Arts College Blackfriars Academy Shenstone Lodge School

Further education	Burton & South Derbyshire College Buxton & Leek College Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Moorlands Sixth Form College Newcastle-under-Lyme College South Staffordshire College Stafford College Stafford Collegiate

Independent	Abbotsholme School Abbots Bromley School Denstone College Lichfield Cathedral School Newcastle-under-Lyme School Stafford Grammar School St Dominic's High School for Girls St Dominic's Priory School

Independent (preparatory)	St Joseph's Preparatory School Vernon Lodge Preparatory School Yarlet School

Former	Berry Hill High School and Sports College Brewood Grammar School Edial Hall School Longton High School Mitchell High School

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