Abbot Beyne School is a comprehensive school in

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in east

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, England. It was created after the Burton Grammar School was phased out and initially educated the remaining pupils from Burton Grammar School and Burton Girls' High School who had been selected at the age of 11 as pupils likely to benefit from a highly academic education. It inhabited the Grammar School site but as a newly created comprehensive school, did not inherit its educational pedagogy.

Location

It is situated in

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, on the other side of the

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to the town centre, east of the B5008, near the junction of the A511 and A444 at Burton Bridge.

History

Grammar school

William Beyne,

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in the early 16th century, functioning sometime around 1531. The boys' Grammar School moved to Winshill in 1957. It was administered by the

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of Burton upon Trent, and known as The Grammar School with about 600 boys. The girls' high school opened in 1928. From April 1974 it was administered by

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. Another similar nearby school was the Dovecliff Grammar School, formerly Burton Technical School, on St Mary's Drive in Horninglow, which became Wulfric Comprehensive School in 1975, then De Ferrers High School in 1985.

Comprehensive

In 1975 the Burton Grammar school was merged with the Burton on Trent Girls' High School and Ada Chadwick Secondary Modern School to become Abbot Beyne mixed Comprehensive School on Mill Hill Lane but it was a newly created school. Other than using the name of the founder of the Grammar School, Abbot Beyne and using the site in Winshill, it did not inherit any of the previous school's traditions or educational practices. Pupils were no longer selected on ability.

Academic performance

The school achieves GCSE and A-level results around the England average, with the A-level results being slightly better than the GCSE results.

Sport

Abbot Beyne has an array of sporting facilities, including; two gymnasiums, rugby pitches, two athletic tracks, two football pitches and numerous tennis courts.

Alumni

The Grammar School

*Dr Norman Allen CB, President from 1961-2 of the Institute of Metallurgists *

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, brewer *Prof Alec Beardmore, Professor of Genetics from 1966–97 at

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*Prof Adrian Brown, Professor of Biology and Chemistry of Fermentation from 1899–1919 at the

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*Bernard Crump, Chief Executive since 2005 of the

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*Sir Cecil Dannatt OBE MC, Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1940–4 at the

*Sir Oscar de Ville CBE, Chairman from 1987-91 of Meyer International (bought by

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in 2000) *Brian Hackett, Professor of Landscape Architecture from 1967–77 at

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, and President from 1967-9 of the Institute of Landscape Architects (now the

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) * Anthony Hardy (b. 1951), serial killer in London *

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*Sir Francis Ley *

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, Liberal MP from 1919-22 for Leyton West *

Bob Plant Arthur Blurton "Bob" Plant, MC (28 July 1915 – 18 April 2011) was an officer in the British Army who was awarded the Military Cross for his actions at Tufo in 1944, during the Battle of Monte Cassino. Early life Plant was born in Burton upo ...

MC *Prof Roy Pryce, Director from 1983-90 of the Federal Trust for Education and Research *Prof. Hugh Richmond, Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley, 1957–1994. *

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(d.1612), nontrinitarian Baptist pastor, last person burnt at the stake for heresy in England *

Alastair Yates Alastair Kenneth Yates (3 September 1952 – 26 July 2018) was an English news anchor, for over 20 years with the BBC, on BBC World News and BBC News. Born 3 September 1952 and brought up in Burton upon Trent, Yates was educated at Manor Hous ...

, former BBC & Sky News journalist

The Comprehensive School

*Jane Furniss, Chief Executive since 2006 of the

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(IPCC) *Dr Pamela Horn, author * Hannah Bladon# *James Draper - Poet

References

External links

Burton-upon-Trent: Education
(British History Online)
Abbot Beyne School websiteAbbot Beyne School prospectusHistory of Burton Grammar SchoolBurton upon Trent Girls' High School AssociationOFSTED report for Abbot Beyne SchoolBBC News reviewNation Institute of Fame UKEduBase

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