Beacon Hill Community School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jan 8 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%
White British 96.5%
Mixed 1.4%
Other White 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 8 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 7 |
Biology | GCSE | 21 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 21 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 7 |
English Language | GCSE | 22 |
English Literature | GCSE | 21 |
Geography | GCSE | 13 |
History | GCSE | 8 |
Mathematics | GCSE | 22 |
Admissions
Beacon Hill Community School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 22
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 22
- 2nd preference
- 10
- 3rd preference
- 7
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 22
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 17.6 |
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 |
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% |