Beaumont School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Mar 20 2014 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Unique reference
- 138286
- Address
- Austen Way, AL4 0XB
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1600 (96% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.6%
- Girls
- 46.4%
- First language not English
- 13.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 4.9%
- Persistent absence
- 10.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.9%
White British 65.3%
Mixed 9.8%
Other White 6.9%
Chinese 5.1%
Indian 2.2%
Pakistani 1.9%
African 1.9%
Other Asian 1.8%
Irish 1.1%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.72
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.19
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 81%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 71%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 61.5
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 5.83
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 17 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 28 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 14 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 26 |
Biology | GCSE | 70 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 101 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 69 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 57 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 20 |
Admissions
Beaumont School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 195
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 384
- 2nd preference
- 432
- 3rd preference
- 271
- From another Local Authority
- 8
Offers
- 1st preference
- 193
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 20.6 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 243 143 100 |
Year 8 | 241 134 107 |
Year 9 | 210 110 100 |
Year 10 | 212 118 94 |
Year 11 | 210 118 92 |
Year 12 | 247 123 124 |
Year 13 | 237 111 126 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 98.0% 92.3% 86.5% |
Further education | 14.0% 27.8% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 83.0% 61.6% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 1.9% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 0.0% 2.5% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 1.8% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 1.0% 3.0% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.5% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 88.0% 68.4% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 50.0% 25.8% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 44.0% 22.6% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 2.0% 1.4% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 1.0% 2.0% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 1.0% 1.9% 1.7% |