The Burton Borough School
Audley Avenue, Newport, TF10 7DS
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by The Burton Borough School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mr Ben Morgan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,210
- Pupils on roll
- 1,144
- URN
- 123574
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
About this school
The Burton Borough School was a community secondary school in Newport. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,144 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
The Burton Borough School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 211 | 235 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.3 | 40.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.38 -0.57 to -0.19 | -0.59 -0.78 to -0.41 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 31.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 51.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 17% | 13.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 3.4 |
Trends over time
How The Burton Borough School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Telford and Wrekin average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.3 | 41.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.7 | 39.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 40.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,150 |
| 2023/24 | 1,144 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Burton Borough School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9% | 20.5% | 1,144 | — |
| The Burton Borough School | 39.7 | 10.2% | 22.1% | 1,077 | 0.0 miles |
| Newport Girls' High School Academy | 75.3 | 4.2% | 7.6% | 884 | 0.5 miles |
| Haberdashers' Adams | 71.8 | 4.9% | 5.8% | 1,090 | 0.6 miles |
| New Road Academy | 38.6 | 14.4% | 46.6% | 1,073 | 5.2 miles |
| Holy Trinity Academy | 45.9 | 5.2% | 22.6% | 994 | 5.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.5%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 9%
- Persistent absence
- 26.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Burton Borough School0.0 miles
Secondary · Newport
-
Newport Girls' High School Academy0.5 miles
Secondary · Newport
-
Haberdashers' Adams0.6 miles
Secondary · Newport
-
New Road Academy5.2 miles
Secondary · Telford
-
Holy Trinity Academy5.9 miles
Secondary · Telford
Other schools in Newport
- Haberdashers' Adams Secondary
- Newport Girls' High School Academy Secondary
- The Burton Borough School Secondary
- Church Aston Infant School Primary
- Lilleshall Primary School Primary
- Moorfield Primary School Primary
- Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary
- Newport Infant School and Nursery Primary
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Tibberton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Haberdashers' Castle House School Independent schools
- Harper Adams University Universities
Common questions
- What ages does The Burton Borough School teach?
- The Burton Borough School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Newport.
- Has The Burton Borough School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Burton Borough School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at The Burton Borough School?
- The Burton Borough School had 1,144 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have The Burton Borough School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.3 in 2022/23 and 40.7 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are The Burton Borough School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Burton Borough School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.