Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
Academy sponsor led
Landau Forte Academy, Amington
- Pupils on roll
- 892of 960 places
- Free school meals
- 37.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 185
- Ofsted
- Good, 10 May 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Woodhouse High School (URN 124421, until 7 September 2010).
What the data says
Landau Forte Academy, Amington has no sixth form. Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 59% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.0 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Staffordshire, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 3% 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 | This school | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 175 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 25% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 59% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.0 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 50% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.59 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.0 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.1 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 8% | 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 | 186 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 61% |
| English Language | 185 | 100% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 66% |
| English Literature | 183 | 99% | 86% | 5% | 21% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 157 | 85% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 51% |
| Spanish | 94 | 51% | 19% | 3% | 27% | 38% |
| Geography | 92 | 50% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 46% |
| Business Studies | 83 | 45% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 45% |
| History | 76 | 41% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 47% |
| Art and Design | 50 | 27% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 74% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 12% | 13% | 4% | 30% | 43% |
| Design and Technology | 21 | 11% | 11% | 5% | 23% | 29% |
| Chemistry | 20 | 11% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 20 | 11% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 95% |
| Biology | 20 | 11% | 23% | 20% | 45% | 100% |
| Drama | 20 | 11% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| Polish | 6 | 3% | 1% | 83% | 84% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 4 | 2% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 57 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Sports Coaching | 37 | — | — |
| Tourism | 37 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 29 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Staffordshire
Alleyne's Academy
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
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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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 950 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.0
Blythe Bridge High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,049 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
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.