Paulet High School

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

8.116 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Paulet High School is a secondary school in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.

Paulet High School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Year 7 2026	8.116 mi
Year 7 2025	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

The last Year 7 place in 2026 went to a child 8.116 miles away, the longest of the 18 Staffordshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
This Year 7 distance has swung sharply, most from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
For Year 7 2026, 154 first-choice applications for 170 offers; 153 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 30% achieved grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Staffordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Violet Way, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 9RT
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 915 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 27% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.5

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 16 April 2024

Strengths

“Paulet High School is an inclusive and harmonious school.”
“Staff know pupils well and always have their best interests at heart.”
“The ‘Paulet Values’ (Paulet Character and Everyone Included) are shared and lived by all.”

To improve

“However, on some occasions, these strategies do not identify the precise gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
“In addition, pupils’ errors and misconceptions sometimes go unaddressed.”
“This can slow pupils’ progress.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	30%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	41	46
A level average grade (2024/25)	C-	B-

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 154 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 153 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Abbot Beyne School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Paget High School 1.8 mi Good
The de Ferrers Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
John Taylor Free School 3.0 mi Good
John Taylor High School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Lift Rawlett 10.2 mi Not judged
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS 10.8 mi Good Last distance published