Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
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Blackfriars Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 121of 120 places
- Free school meals
- 42.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 14
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 11 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Blackfriars School (URN 124510, until 1 October 2014).
What the data says
Of the 15 pupils who finished Year 11 at Blackfriars Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Blackfriars Academy’s own sixth form (Staffordshire average 33%), 7% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | Blackfriars Academy | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 15 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 7% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 87% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this 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.