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The Beacon School

Banstead, SM7 1AG · Surrey · secondary school

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Ofsted: Requires improvement · 2023 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Secondary
3.6/10 Broadly average

47th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey we can score, 58 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to the 816 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 2.7/10 among them, against 5.3/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 5 35% 0.19
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 51.2 · 67 30% 2.01
Progress 8 2023/24 -0.14 · 39 25% 0.98
Attainment 8 2024/25 45.1 · 46 10% 0.47

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

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How it's doing. In 2024/25, 51.2% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 45.1, slightly above the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.14 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did slightly worse than peers nationally starting from the same point. Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in June 2023. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 2.7 out of 10 among them, against 5.3 out of 10 nationally.

Beyond the classroom. Pupils access the Duke of Edinburgh Award, instrumental tuition, chess, debating, and a spelling bee. Sports include netball, football, cricket, rounders, and athletics. Arts features Move It! and Star Steppers dance classes. Trips have included NASA in Florida, skiing in Andorra, Madrid, Normandy, Lille, Dorset, Berlin, and Snowdonia. An after-school club is available.

Getting in. The school has 1022 pupils in a capacity of 1350, leaving 328 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to improve their Progress 8 scores? What specific actions are being taken to address the "Requires improvement" rating? How does the large

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