Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
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Clayton Hall Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 828of 1,000 places
- Free school meals
- 17.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 142
- Ofsted
- Good, 6 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Clayton Hall Business and Language College (URN 124412, until 1 September 2015).
What the data says
Clayton Hall Academy has no sixth form. Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 10% moved to a sixth form college, 77% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.8 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Staffordshire, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Clayton Hall Academy 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 | Clayton Hall Academy | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 175 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 10% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 77% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Clayton Hall Academy | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.8 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 37% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 18% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.8 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.5 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 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 | 142 | 100% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 142 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 67% |
| English Literature | 139 | 98% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 116 | 82% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 50% |
| History | 81 | 57% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 68% |
| Geography | 65 | 46% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 45% |
| Business Studies | 54 | 38% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 67% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 38 | 27% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 58% |
| Spanish | 29 | 20% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 55% |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 18% | 31% | 19% | 32% | 69% |
| Music | 26 | 18% | 5% | 15% | 33% | 54% |
| French | 25 | 18% | 18% | 28% | 29% | 60% |
| Biology | 25 | 18% | 23% | 56% | 45% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 18% | 23% | 48% | 47% | 92% |
| Physics | 25 | 18% | 23% | 52% | 46% | 92% |
| Physical Education | 20 | 14% | 11% | 10% | 24% | 70% |
| Fine Art | 19 | 13% | 9% | 16% | 28% | 42% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 11% | 13% | 56% | 30% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 11% | 11% | 33% | 23% | 60% |
| Photography | 5 | 4% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| Chinese | 4 | 3% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 17 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 14 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 10 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 2 | — | — |
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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.