Beacon Hill Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 9 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cumberland
Unique reference
112375
Address
Market Square, Aspatria, CA7 3EZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
141 (42% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
1.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.8%
Persistent absence
42.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
29.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 96.5%
Mixed 1.4%
Other White 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 4%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 27.8
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.44
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award8
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE7
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE7
English LanguageGCSE22
English LiteratureGCSE21
GeographyGCSE13
HistoryGCSE8
MathematicsGCSE22
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Beacon Hill Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
22
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
22
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
7
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
22
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
21
9
12
Year 8
30
10
20
Year 9
28
16
12
Year 10
30
18
12
Year 11
32
18
14
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
n/a
86.5%
Further education
72.0%
n/a
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
n/a
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
n/a
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
n/a
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
14.0%
n/a
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
n/a
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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