Secondary school in Newport, Telford and Wrekin
The Burton Borough School
Audley Avenue, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7DS
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 10 November 2021.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.
Progress 8 2023/24
No Progress 8 score published for this school.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1077
- Places
- 1210
- How full
- 89% full — 1077 of 1210 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 522 / 555
- Overall absence
- 10%
- Persistently absent
- 29%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 22%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- With an EHC plan
- 3%
- On SEN support
- 17%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Telford and Wrekin 003A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 28%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 18%
- Households owning their home
- 65%
- Households in social housing
- 17%
- Households with no car
- 13%
- Adults economically inactive
- 37%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Caroline Bedford
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Ward
- Newport South
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- URN
- 150363
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Girls' High School AcademyAcademy converter | Outstanding 2022 | 75.3 | 0.5 mi |
| Haberdashers' AdamsAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 71.8 | 0.6 mi |
| The RetreatOther independent school | No grade | — | 5.1 mi |
| New Road AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2022 | 38.6 | 5.2 mi |
| Holy Trinity AcademyVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 45.9 | 5.9 mi |
| Hadley Learning Community - Secondary PhaseAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 44.4 | 6.4 mi |
| Idsall SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 41 | 6.4 mi |
| Thomas Telford SchoolCity technology college | Good 2022 | — | 7.1 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 46.1 |
| The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form CentreAcademy converter | No grade | 53.8 |
| Wye SchoolFree schools | Good 2024 | 46.6 |
| Eden Boys' School, PrestonFree schools | Outstanding 2024 | 49.8 |
| Scalby AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 48.3 |
| Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, BradfordFree schools | Outstanding 2024 | 49.1 |
| Archway SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 43.3 |
| Barnwell SchoolFoundation school | No grade | 41.5 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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