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The Beacon School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 43 42.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D D 2023/24[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
44.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.14 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.1[6] 51.2%[6]
2023/24 46.4[4] 52.8%[4] -0.14[4]
2022/23 44.6[7] 49%[7] -0.07[7]
2021/22 48.7[8] 55%[8] -0.08[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D 2023/24[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
5.6% 2023/24[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2022/23 C[10] 0%[10]
2021/22 C-[11] 10%[11]
2018/19 C-[12] 2.9%[12]
2017/18 C[13] 14.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
7% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
45% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 18%[15] 41%[15] 26%[15] 3%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 20%[16] 41%[16] 25%[16] 5%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 33%[17] 30%[17] 28%[17] 3%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 41%[18] 24%[18] 22%[18] 3%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2021/22[19]
Education
33% 2021/22[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2021/22[19]
Employment
46% 2021/22[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2020/21 84%[20] 46%[20] 8%[20] 30%[20]
2019/20 83%[21] 40%[21] 9%[21] 34%[21]
2018/19 86%[22] 49%[22] 12%[22] 25%[22]
2016/17 89%[23] 52%[23] 8%[23] 29%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
56% 2020/21[24]
Top third of most selective universities
6% 2020/21[24]
Russell Group universities
4% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2019/20 53%[25] 6%[25] 4%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 55%[26] 6%[26] 4%[26] 0%[26]
2017/18 53%[27] 11%[27] 6%[27] 0%[27]
2015/16 41%[28] 5%[28] 0%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
16 May 2023[29]
Type
Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[29]
Report published
29 Jun 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[29]
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Requires improvement[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
22 Jun 2022[30] S5 Inspection[30] Inadequate[30]
7 Mar 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
314 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
148 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
243 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 270[32] 137[32] 228[32] 1.2[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 269[32] 124[32] 208[32] 1.3[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2023 332[32] 141[32] 253[32] 1.3[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 434[32] 213[32] 260[32] 1.7[32] 0.8[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1350[1]
Trust
GLF SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
www.thebeaconschool.co.uk[1]
District
Reigate and Banstead[33]
Postcode
SM7 1AG[1]
URN
137735[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1022 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
5.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
20.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.9% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
81.8%[35]
Mixed
7%[35]
Asian
3%[35]
Black
1.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1%[35]
Unclassified
5.5%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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