Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
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Kidsgrove Secondary School
- Pupils on roll
- 394of 829 places
- Free school meals
- 22.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 60
- Ofsted
- Good, 18 April 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Kidsgrove Secondary School (URN 139708, until 31 October 2018).
What the data says
Kidsgrove Secondary School has no sixth form. Of the 62 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
19% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.9 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Staffordshire, with 15% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Kidsgrove Secondary School | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 62 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 69% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 55% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 50% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 19% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 11% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kidsgrove Secondary School | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.9 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.15 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.6 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.0 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 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 | 60 | 100% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 50% |
| English Language | 60 | 100% | 89% | 3% | 20% | 47% |
| English Literature | 60 | 100% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 55% |
| Combined Science | 58 | 97% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 48% |
| Geography | 30 | 50% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 33% |
| History | 27 | 45% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 52% |
| Art and Design | 23 | 38% | 7% | 17% | 24% | 48% |
| Spanish | 19 | 32% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 95% |
| Photography | 16 | 27% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 56% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 14 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 1 | — | — |
Where Kidsgrove Secondary School is
Other secondary schools in Staffordshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Staffordshire’s allocation statistics.
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
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.0
Blythe Bridge High School
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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.