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Paget High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Community school

Burton Road, Branston, Burton-on-Trent DE14 3DR · paget.staffs.sch.uk · 01283 248800

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
38.5
average Attainment 8 score. Staffordshire 43.9, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
606
59% of 1,034 places
Local authority
Staffordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
32.7%
First language not English
51.7%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 109 families put the school first and 119 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 80 (Places 92)80September 2023: 62 (Places 85)62September 2024: 92 (Places 102)92September 2025: 81 (Places 90)81September 2026: 109 (Places 119)109Places 119
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261191090.9100%
September 2025Sept 202590810.9100%
September 2024Sept 2024102920.9100%
September 2023Sept 202385620.7100%
September 2022Sept 202292800.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.5, and 32% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Staffordshire it was 43.9, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (21.8 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 36.3 (England 46.3)36.32017/18: 41.8 (England 46.5)41.82018/19: 39.9 (England 46.7)39.92021/22: 40.0 (England 48.8)40.02022/23: 36.9 (England 46.3)36.92023/24: 39.0 (England 45.9)39.02024/25: 38.5 (England 46.0)38.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼38.546.0
▼32.0%45.4%
▼46.6%64.8%
▼3.9%40.5%
▼3.144.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form42.9−12.8
Further education42.9+7.5
Apprenticeship2.5+0.6
Employment0.8−0.5
Not in a lasting destination7.6+2.5
Activity not captured3.4+2.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 25.2 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 22.6 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 25.1 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 20.4 (England 32.9)D2021/22: 26.4 (England 37.9)C-2022/23: 13.3 (England 34.2)E+2023/24: 22.4 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 21.8 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
41 studentsD+ (21.8)Below average -0.45
41 studentsD+ (21.8)Below average -0.45
38 studentsMerit (25.5)Average -0.03
10 studentsMerit+ (28.5)Average +0.12
0%AAB or better
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2455D+ (22.4)-0.50
2022/2352E+ (13.3)—
2021/2268C- (26.4)—
2018/1940D (20.4)-0.44
2017/1844C- (25.1)-0.28
2016/1741D+ (22.6)-0.14
2015/1660C- (25.2)-0.03

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University55.7+3.8
Further and other education4.3−0.6
Further education2.9−0.8
Other education1.4+0.2
Apprenticeship4.3−4.3
Employment21.4−5.8
Not in a lasting destination8.6+1.2
Activity not captured5.7—

Ofsted

Paget High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
4 Oct 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jun 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Oct 2019Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
  • May 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jun 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (20 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
80%
Replies
20
3% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼80% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼80% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼70% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲95% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▲90% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼70% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▲90% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼71% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 85% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 40% who had a child bullied

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