Beechwood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 33 33.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 33.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 22.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 6.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.74 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	Progress 8
2024/25	36[6]	28%[6]
2023/24	34.5[4]	27.5%[4]	-0.74[4]
2022/23	31.4[7]	22%[7]	-0.90[7]
2021/22	41.4[8]	41%[8]	-0.38[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D+ 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
2023/24	D+[10]
2022/23	D+[11]
2021/22	C+[12]
2018/19	C[13]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 29 Apr 2025[14]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[14]
Report published: 9 Jun 2025[14]
Personal development: Good[14]
Quality of education: Requires improvement[14]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[14]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[14]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[14]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[14]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
20 Jun 2024[15]	Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[15]	No overall grade[15]
24 Jan 2023[16]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[16]	Requires improvement[16]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.8 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference): 238 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences: 111 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered: 131 Entry Sept 2026[17]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place
Entry Sept 2025	189[17]	78[17]	112[17]	1.7[17]
Entry Sept 2024	222[17]	98[17]	142[17]	1.6[17]
Entry Sept 2023	227[17]	106[17]	148[17]	1.5[17]
Entry Sept 2022	208[17]	104[17]	149[17]	1.4[17]

Admissions

Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[18]

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: 905[1]
Trust: THE SCHELWOOD TRUST[1]
Local authority: Slough[1]
Website: http://www.beechwood.slough.sch.uk [1]
District: Slough [19]
Postcode: SL2 1QE[1]
URN: 143327[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 830 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 46.3% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 14.7% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 2.2% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 41.3% 2024/25[20]

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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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Visit www.slough.gov.uk/admissions Timeline: Application Deadline: All applications must be submitted by 31st October 2025. (p. 2)
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