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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE28
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE70
Business Studies:SingleGCSE101
ChemistryGCSE69
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE57
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Beaumont School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
195
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
384
2nd preference
432
3rd preference
271
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
193
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
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
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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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