The Beacon School is a secondary school located in Banstead. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 19/10/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.6%, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Picquets Way, Banstead, SM7 1AG
Website: www.thebeaconschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01737359103
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Surrey
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Keith Batchelor
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137735

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 19/10/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1350
Number of Pupils: 1343
Number of Boys: 650
Number of Girls: 693

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 13% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.36 Confidence interval -0.54 to -0.19
Of the 214 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 208 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:58%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:35%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:42.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.71
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Banstead Infant School
The Horseshoe , SM7 2BQ 		3out of 4 956 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Banstead Community Junior School
The Horseshoe , SM7 2BQ 		3out of 4 1,051 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Court Road , SM7 2PH 		3out of 4 1,156 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Shawley Community Primary School
Shawley Way , Tattenham Corner KT18 5PD 		2out of 4 1,345 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Warren Mead Infant School
Partridge Mead , SM7 1LS 		3out of 4 1,393 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Beacon School
Picquets Way , SM7 1AG 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Aberdour Preparatory School
Brighton Road , Burgh Heath KT20 6AJ 		- not rated 533 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Banstead Preparatory School
Sutton Lane , SM7 3RA 		- not rated 2,479 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The Children's Trust School
Tadworth Court , KT20 5RU 		3out of 4 2,536 yd Non-maintained special school Yes Mixed More About School
The Surrey Teaching Centre
Tadworth Street , Tadworth Court KT20 5RU 		4out of 4 2,536 yd Pupil referral unit Yes Mixed More About School
Epsom College
College Road , KT17 4JQ 		- not rated 2,695 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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