Beaconsfield High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 11 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
140893
Address
Wattleton Road, HP9 1RR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1249 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
23.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
2.4%
Persistent absence
8.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.2%
Indian 24.9%
Mixed 7.7%
Other Asian 7.4%
Pakistani 6%
Other White 4.6%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other 1.1%
African 1%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 56%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 76.9
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.87
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE25
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE41
BiologyGCSE180
Business Studies:SingleGCSE70
ChemistryGCSE181
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE45
DanceGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE182
English LiteratureGCSE179
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Beaconsfield High School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
185
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
238
2nd preference
272
3rd preference
109
From another Local Authority
213
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
174
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
0
180
Year 8
180
0
180
Year 9
180
0
180
Year 10
180
0
180
Year 11
180
0
180
Year 12
169
0
169
Year 13
180
0
180
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
1.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
89.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
7.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
2.7%
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
87.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
61.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
54.0%
35.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
6.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020