John Taylor High School

John Taylor High School

Established	1957
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Mr M Donoghue
Chairman of Governors	Mr G Moss
Location	Dunstall Road Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire DE13 8AZ England Coordinates: 52°45′54″N 1°43′11″W / 52.7651°N 1.7197°W / 52.7651; -1.7197
Local authority	Staffordshire
DfE URN	136323 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	approx 1500
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Houses	Kingstone Marchington Sherwood Needwood
Website	John Taylor High School

John Taylor High School is a specialist-Science and Leadership Academy 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.

School performance

The school was last subject to a full Ofsted inspection in March 2014. This report judged the school to be Outstanding'

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.^[1]

Based on the school's performance during the period 2004-2007 in GCSE, the school was ranked joint-ninth most improved in the country.^[2] 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.

Academic Performance - GCSE

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.

Notable alumi

Darren Stride - former Burton Albion footballer
Jacky Newcomb - Sunday Times Best Selling & Award Winning Author
Adrian Poynton - Stand up comic and Screenwriter
Christian Hardy - Musician
Brian Mills (footballer) - Former footballer for Port Vale FC, current Physics teacher at the school
Glenn Sims - Award-winning International Television Producer Next Top Model, Got Talent, X Factor MasterChefetc
Tracey Hallam (badminton) - Participated in 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games and won the women's singles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Deborah Walker (artist) - Winner of the Turner Medal for Landscape painting 2015.
Dave Chawner (Stand Up Comic) - Award winning comic, as seen on BBC, ITV and Channel 4

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