Institute for Innovation and Improvement Sir Cecil Dannatt OBE MC, Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1940–4 at the University of Birmingham Sir Oscar de Ville CBE, Chairman from 1987-91 of Meyer International (bought by Saint-Gobain in 2000) Brian Hackett, Professor of Landscape Architecture from 1967–77 at Newcastle University, and President from 1967-9 of the Institute of Landscape Architects (now the Landscape Institute) Anthony Hardy (b. 1951), serial killer in London Paul Harvey (artist) Sir Francis Ley Alfred Newbould, Liberal MP from 1919-22 for Leyton West Bob Plant 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. Edward Wightman (d.1612), nontrinitarian Baptist pastor, last person burnt at the stake for heresy in England Alastair Yates, former BBC & Sky News journalist The Comprehensive School Paddy Considine, actor Jane Furniss, Chief Executive since 2006 of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) Dr Pamela Horn, author Hanna Bladon, victim in 2017 Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing James Draper - Poet References External links Burton-upon-Trent: Education (British History Online) Abbot Beyne School website Abbot Beyne School prospectus History of Burton Grammar School Burton upon Trent Girls' High School Association OFSTED report for Abbot Beyne School BBC News review Nation Institute of Fame UK EduBase News items Teachers hurt in May 2010 Educational institutions established in the 1530s Secondary schools in Staffordshire Borough of East Staffordshire Voluntary controlled schools in England