Beacon High is a secondary school located in London. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 15/05/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.1%, which is 1.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Hilldrop Road, London, N7 0JG
Website: http://www.beaconhigh.org
Telephone: 02076075885
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Islington
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Alan Streeter
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 100453

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 15/05/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 720
Number of Pupils: 423
Number of Boys: 265
Number of Girls: 158

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -1.01 Confidence interval -1.22 to -0.79
Of the 144 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 138 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:13%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:82%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:10%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:32.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.62
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
North Islington Nursery School
110-112 Tollington Park , N4 3RB
3out of 4 2,007 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre
Yorkway Court , Copenhagen Street N1 0UH
4out of 4 2,217 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Margaret McMillan Nursery School
Hornsey Rise , N19 3SF
3out of 4 2,258 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Tufnell Park Primary School
31 Carleton Road , N7 0HJ
3out of 4 102 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Torriano Primary School
Torriano Avenue , Kentish Town NW5 2SJ
4out of 4 529 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Hungerford School
249 Hungerford Road , Islington N7 9LF
1out of 4 651 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Eleanor Palmer Primary School
Lupton Street , Tufnell Park NW5 2JA
4out of 4 697 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Brecknock Primary School
Cliff Villas , Camden NW1 9AL
3out of 4 766 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Beacon High
Hilldrop Road , N7 0JG
2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Acland Burghley School
Burghley Road , NW5 1UJ
3out of 4 969 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Camden School for Girls
Sandall Road , NW5 2DB
4out of 4 996 yd Voluntary aided school No Girls More About School
Parliament Hill School
Highgate Road , NW5 1RL
3out of 4 1,600 yd Community school No Girls More About School
La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School
Highgate Road , NW5 1RP
3out of 4 1,664 yd Voluntary aided school No Girls More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
WM College
44 Crowndale Road , Mill Hill Road NW1 1TR
- not rated 2,282 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The London Screen Academy
Highbury Grove , Highbury East N5 2AD
- not rated 2,430 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary Magdalene Academy
Liverpool Road , Islington N7 8PG
3out of 4 1,700 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Elfrida Rathbone Camden - Leighton College
7 Dowdney Close , NW5 2BP
- not rated 585 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable More About School
The Bridge Satellite Provision
C/O the Bridge School , 251 Hungerford Road N7 9LD
- not rated 712 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School
The Bridge School
251 Hungerford Road , N7 9LD
4out of 4 712 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
College Francais Bilingue De Londres
87 Holmes Road , NW5 3AX
- not rated 1,312 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Dania School
St David's Church, Westbourne Road , N7 8AB
- not rated 1,423 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.