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  Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| 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.
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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
External links
- Burton-upon-Trent: Education (British History Online)
- Abbot Beyne School website
- Abbot Beyne School prospectus
- History of Burton Grammar School
- OFSTED report for Abbot Beyne School
- BBC News review
- Nation Institute of Fame UK
- EduBase
