The Burton Borough School
Audley Avenue, Newport, TF10 7DS
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Bedford
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Learning Community Trust
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,210
- Pupils on roll
- 1,077
- URN
- 150363
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01952951408
About this school
The Burton Borough School is a secondary academy in Newport. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,077 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Burton Borough School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as The Burton Borough School (URN 123574).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 214 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 44.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
How The Burton Borough School compares
The Burton Borough School ranked 8th of 12 secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.7 | 10.2% | 22.1% | 1,077 | — |
| 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 |
| Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase | 44.4 | 7.1% | 32.3% | 1,237 | 6.4 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.11%
- English as an additional language
- 6.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.2%
- Persistent absence
- 29.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
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
-
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase6.4 miles
Secondary · Telford
Other schools in Newport
- Haberdashers' Adams Secondary
- Newport Girls' High School Academy 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 teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Newport.
- Who is the headteacher of The Burton Borough School?
- The headteacher of The Burton Borough School is Mrs Caroline Bedford, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Burton Borough School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Burton Borough School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at The Burton Borough School?
- The Burton Borough School has 1,077 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Burton Borough School full?
- The Burton Borough School has capacity for 1,210 pupils and 1,077 on roll (89%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Burton Borough School a faith school?
- No. The Burton Borough School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Burton Borough School a selective school?
- No. The Burton Borough School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Burton Borough School part of an academy trust?
- The Burton Borough School is part of LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does The Burton Borough School compare with other schools in Telford and Wrekin?
- The Burton Borough School ranked 8th of 12 secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Burton Borough School's absence rate?
- The Burton Borough School's overall absence rate is 10.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 10 July 2026.