Beacon Hill Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 9 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Dudley
Unique reference
137705
Address
High Arcal Drive, Sedgley, DY3 1BP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1068 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
4.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.7%
Persistent absence
35.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.2%
Mixed 8.3%
Indian 3.6%
African 3.5%
Unclassified 1.9%
Other White 1.8%
Pakistani 1.3%
Caribbean 1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Chinese 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
-0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.6
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.15
Local authority average 3.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award20
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
Art & DesignGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE43
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE161
English LiteratureGCSE158
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Beacon Hill Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
218
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
148
2nd preference
161
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
72
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
148
2nd preference
48
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
40
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 classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
234
121
113
Year 8
232
114
118
Year 9
202
119
83
Year 10
191
98
93
Year 11
209
112
97
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
69.0%
55.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
12.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
17.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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