Beauchamps High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 23 2014 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
115322
Address
Beauchamps Drive, SS11 8LY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1445 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
3.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.1%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.5%
Mixed 5.4%
African 3.7%
Other White 3.5%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Caribbean 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 47%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.5
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.32
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award17
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award50
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award33
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE96
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE236
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Beauchamps High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
254
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
303
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
118
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
245
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
2
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 classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
248
134
114
Year 8
252
128
124
Year 9
244
131
113
Year 10
245
129
116
Year 11
230
126
104
Year 12
124
60
64
Year 13
102
58
44
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
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
55.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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