Burton Borough School

Burton Borough School (often abbreviated as 'BBS') is a coeducational secondary school on the southern edge of Newport, Shropshire, England, in Audley Avenue. The school was opened in 1957. In 2004 it was designated a Specialist Arts College. The school is named after a local man, J.S. Burton Borough, who was a High Sheriff and deputy lieutenant for Shropshire and was the first governor of the school. Development Over the past years, it has been extended and the school enrolment has increased. It now has approximately 1,300 pupils. In 2025, the school received widespread acclaim for its "outstanding" GCSE results, with GCSE English results above national averages, and good pass rates in maths and science. The first large piece of building work was in 1999 when it was decided to expand the music department, by building a new complex fitted with art gallery, large music rooms, small rooms for 'one to one' development, a theatre and external theatre, plus a recording studio. With the new pupils, the school received additional funding from the government, which was spent developing the English department by building a block of five new classrooms, and a gym and sports hall next to the Army Cadet Force hut. The school is still ongoing improvements and has been praised for rapidly increasing pass rates at GCSE, including some subjects performing above national averages. The school has a band and a big band. Since April 2024, the school has been part of the Learning Community Trust, which also runs several other secondary schools in Telford such as Charlton School and Hadley Learning Community. The former deputy headteacher at Hadley Learning Community Caroline Bedford became the Headteacher of Burton Borough in September 2024, following the departure of the outgoing head Krissi Carter. New school building The new school building, which lies behind the concurrent building, was completed in 2015. The central space of the building is open plan and connects to the (original) English block, now the Maths block. The new building has a library, unisex toilets and approximately 30 new classrooms: including a design and technology block, a large meeting room, STEM and COMMS classrooms and various ICT suites throughout the building. The new school building cost approximately 8 million pounds. Shortly after, a new main school hall for assemblies and performances was built and cost approximately 1.2 million pounds. BBS realised that the original canteen was not big enough for around 1300 students so they started to expand it in December and it was to be finished on 4 March, 2024. Notable former pupils Ricky Bailey - professional rugby league footballer for St. Helens Shaun Bailey- Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West David Johnson - Former Jamaica, Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest footballer Philip Oliver - English cricketer for Shropshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. David Pallett - darts player Adam Proudlock - Former Wolves, Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest footballer James Sutton - TV actor best known for starring in Hollyoaks and Emmerdale Jason Weaver - English cricketer for Shropshire References External links School Website