Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
Foundation school
Stafford Manor High School
- Pupils on roll
- 439of 691 places
- Free school meals
- 44.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 81
- Ofsted
- Report card, 20 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Urgent improvementAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Stafford Manor High School has no sixth form. Of the 95 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 80% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 30.6 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Staffordshire, with 25% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French and Spanish add up to 20% of the year group, and 19% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Staffordshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Stafford Manor High School | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 95 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 80% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Stafford Manor High School | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 30.6 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 19% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.65 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 59% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 24.6 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.3 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 77 | 95% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 45% |
| Mathematics | 76 | 94% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 50% |
| English Literature | 71 | 88% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 52% |
| Combined Science | 60 | 74% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 38% |
| History | 39 | 48% | 41% | 3% | 26% | 49% |
| Physical Education | 24 | 30% | 11% | 4% | 24% | 25% |
| Geography | 23 | 28% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| Media Studies | 19 | 23% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 37% |
| Business Studies | 18 | 22% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 11% |
| Art and Design | 17 | 21% | 7% | 24% | 24% | 65% |
| French | 15 | 19% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 7% |
| Design and Technology | 14 | 17% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 21% |
| Chemistry | 12 | 15% | 23% | 17% | 47% | 33% |
| Biology | 11 | 14% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 55% |
| Physics | 11 | 14% | 23% | 0% | 46% | 36% |
| Textiles | 11 | 14% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 55% |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 16 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 11 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Staffordshire
Alleyne's Academy
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
Biddulph High School
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.0
Blythe Bridge High School
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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.