Abbot Beyne School

Abbot Beyne School
Abbot Beyne School
Address
	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
Information
Type	Voluntary controlled school
Established	1520; 504 years ago
Founder	Abbot William George Arthur Beyne
Local authority	Staffordshire
Specialist	Arts
Department for Education URN	124449 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Annabel Stoddart
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	791
Former name	Burton Grammar School
Website	www.abbotbeyne.staffs.sch.uk

Abbot Beyne School is a comprehensive school in Burton upon Trent in east Staffordshire, England. It is the successor to Burton Grammar School and Burton Girls' High School.

Location

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, formerly Burton Technical 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 Burton on Trent Girls' High School and Ada Chadwick Secondary Modern School to become Abbot Beyne mixed Comprehensive School on Mill Hill Lane.

Academic performance

The school achieves GCSE and A-level results around the England average, with the A-level results being slightly better than the GCSE results.^{[citation needed]}

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, 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 from 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 (British Army officer) MC
Prof Roy Pryce, Director from 1983-90 of the Federal Trust for Education and Research
Prof. Hugh Richmond, Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley, 1957–1994.
Edward Wightman (d.1612), nontrinitarian Baptist pastor, last person burnt at the stake for heresy in England
Alastair Yates, former BBC & Sky News journalist

The Comprehensive School

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

News items

Teachers hurt in May 2010

v t e Schools in Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent)
Secondary	Abbot Beyne School Alleyne's Academy Biddulph High School Birches Head Academy Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy Blessed William Howard Catholic School Blythe Bridge High School Cannock Chase High School Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Chase Terrace Academy The Cheadle Academy Cheslyn Hay Academy Chesterton Community Sports College Clayton Hall Academy Codsall Community High School Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent The de Ferrers Academy Discovery Academy Endon High School Erasmus Darwin Academy Excel Academy The Friary School Great Wyrley Academy The Hart School Haywood Academy JCB Academy John Taylor High School Kidsgrove Secondary School King Edward VI High School, Stafford King Edward VI School, Lichfield The King's Church of England Academy Kingsmead School Kinver High School Landau Forte Academy Amington Landau Forte Academy QEMS Leek High School Madeley High School Moorside High School Nether Stowe School Newcastle Academy Norton Canes High School The Orme Academy Ormiston Horizon Academy Ormiston Meridian Academy Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Paget High School Painsley Catholic College Paulet High School The Rawlett School The Rural Enterprise Academy St John Fisher Catholic College St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Peter's Academy St Thomas More Catholic Academy Sir Graham Balfour School Sir Thomas Boughey Academy Stafford Manor High School Staffordshire University Academy Tamworth Enterprise College Thistley Hough Academy Thomas Alleyne's High School Trentham Academy Walton High School Weston Road Academy Westwood College The Wilnecote School Wolgarston High School Wombourne High School
Grammar	St Joseph's College
Special	Abbey Hill Academy Blackfriars Academy The Meadows School Shenstone Lodge School Walton Hall Academy
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	Denstone College Lichfield Cathedral School Newcastle-under-Lyme School St Dominic's Grammar School St Dominic's Priory School Stafford Grammar School Yarlet School
Former	Abbots Bromley School Berry Hill High School and Sports College Brewood Grammar School Edial Hall School Fair Oak Academy Hagley Park Academy Hanley High School Longton High School Mitchell High School