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Beacon Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 49.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.50 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 50.2[6] 61.1%[6]
2023/24 52.1[4] 59.5%[4] +0.50[4]
2022/23 51.7[7] 60%[7] +0.43[7]
2021/22 55[8] 63%[8] +0.63[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.7% 2024/25[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
2023/24 B-[10] 18%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 14.9%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 17.6%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 19.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
5% 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 96%[15] 45%[15] 1%[15] 42%[15] 3%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 54%[16] 0%[16] 30%[16] 2%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 55%[17] 0%[17] 35%[17] 1%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 60%[18] 0%[18] 31%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
42% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
39% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 59%[20] 5%[20] 26%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 51%[21] 4%[21] 36%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 62%[22] 2%[22] 25%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 61%[23] 6%[23] 23%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
64% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
26% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
25% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 66%[26] 35%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 34%[25] 25%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 67%[27] 28%[27] 27%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 51%[28] 13%[28] 12%[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 Apr 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
20 May 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
7 Dec 2022[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
21 Mar 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
398 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
238 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
255 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 392[32] 230[32] 244[32] 1.6[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 417[32] 271[32] 263[32] 1.6[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 451[32] 281[32] 278[32] 1.6[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 464[32] 301[32] 282[32] 1.6[32] 1.1[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1550[1]
Trust
MARK EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.beacon-academy.org/web/[1]
District
Wealden[33]
Postcode
TN6 2AS[1]
URN
137982[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1662 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
5.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.6% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
14.9% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
90.4%[35]
Mixed
4.4%[35]
Asian
2.3%[35]
Black
1.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[35]
Unclassified
0.2%[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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    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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    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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