Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
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Lift Rawlett
- Pupils on roll
- 926of 1,260 places
- Free school meals
- 24.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 219
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 10 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Rawlett Community Sports College (URN 124435, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Lift Rawlett has no sixth form. Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 51% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
French is unusually popular at GCSE: 76% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.1 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Staffordshire, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Lift Rawlett is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Lift Rawlett | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 176 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 33% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 51% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lift Rawlett | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.1 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 77% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.11 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.1 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.0 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 219 | 100% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 75% |
| English Language | 219 | 100% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 69% |
| English Literature | 218 | 100% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 76% |
| French | 167 | 76% | 18% | 7% | 29% | 38% |
| Combined Science | 165 | 75% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 55% |
| History | 127 | 58% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 38% |
| Geography | 89 | 41% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 79% |
| Religious Studies | 77 | 35% | 31% | 18% | 32% | 62% |
| Physical Education | 51 | 23% | 11% | 12% | 24% | 80% |
| Biology | 51 | 23% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 76% |
| Physics | 50 | 23% | 23% | 34% | 46% | 76% |
| Chemistry | 50 | 23% | 23% | 24% | 47% | 78% |
| Photography | 37 | 17% | 6% | 11% | 19% | 76% |
| Art and Design | 34 | 16% | 7% | 12% | 24% | 76% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 7% | 13% | 25% | 30% | 75% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 7% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 25% |
| Drama | 10 | 5% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 70% |
| Music | 5 | 2% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 41 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 21 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Staffordshire
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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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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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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.