Beaminster School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 26 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Dorset
Unique reference
113884
Address
Newtown, DT8 3EP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
649 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.9%
Persistent absence
21.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.1%
Mixed 3.5%
Unclassified 2.3%
Other White 2.2%
Other Asian 0.8%
Irish 0.6%
Indian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.4
Local authority average 44.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.48
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE26
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE41
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE114
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Beaminster School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
116
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
112
2nd preference
71
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
57
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
112
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
35
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
97
50
47
Year 8
128
56
72
Year 9
116
58
58
Year 10
117
66
51
Year 11
123
63
60
Year 12
46
26
20
Year 13
22
3
19
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.0%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
35.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
29.0%
49.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
59.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
19.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
12.0%
18.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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