Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
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Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 632of 620 places
- Free school meals
- 23.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 91
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 18 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College (URN 124459, until 1 September 2018).
What the data says
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy has no sixth form. Of the 97 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.7 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Staffordshire, with 46% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary 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 | This school | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 97 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 40% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.7 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 65% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.09 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.5 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.1 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 24% | 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 | 89 | 98% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 89% |
| English Literature | 89 | 98% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 81% |
| English Language | 89 | 98% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 88 | 97% | 31% | 22% | 32% | 73% |
| Combined Science | 82 | 90% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 59% |
| Geography | 55 | 60% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 64% |
| Spanish | 48 | 53% | 19% | 2% | 27% | 19% |
| Art and Design | 30 | 33% | 7% | 7% | 24% | 97% |
| Physical Education | 29 | 32% | 11% | 31% | 24% | 83% |
| French | 23 | 25% | 18% | 4% | 29% | 17% |
| History | 22 | 24% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 45% |
| Polish | 15 | 16% | 1% | 73% | 84% | 93% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 15% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 29% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 13 | 14% | 8% | 23% | 21% | 77% |
| Design and Technology | 13 | 14% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 46% |
| Biology | 7 | 8% | 23% | 57% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 7 | 8% | 23% | 57% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 7 | 8% | 23% | 57% | 47% | 86% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 1 | — | — |
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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.