Paget High School, Burton-on-Trent

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome from the Headteacher Welcome to Paget High School, where we aim to provide an excellent education for all of our students, where we celebrate diversity and strive to foster an environment where every young person can flourish, academically, socially and emotionally."

In 2026, pupils at Paget High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

30% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 38.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.19: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 28.2, against 43.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 14 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 109 families put Paget High School as their first choice and 195 named it as one of their preferences, for 119 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Paget High School are John Taylor Free School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.1); Paulet High School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.7); Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 47); and Abbot Beyne School (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.4).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Paget High School.

Of the 119 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 70 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 56% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 2% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

51.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (48%), White British (25%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 105 pupils (17.3%) received SEN support and 18 (3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Burton-on-Trent Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Paget High School (at), 50 metres away.

In 2024/25, Paget High School issued 180 suspensions, 27.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Paget High School are Rykneld Primary School (0.6 miles), Drakelow Park Flying High Academy (0.8 miles), Lift Anglesey (1 mile) and Branston Locks Primary and Nursery School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.