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Beckmead Park Academy[1]

Special · ages 5–16

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
6.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-2.56 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 10.3[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 11[3] 18.2%[3] -2.56[3]
2022/23 2.4[6] 0%[6]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[7]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[7]
Reading, average scaled score
97 2024/25[7]
Maths, average scaled score
88 2024/25[7]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 0%[8] 0%[8] 97[8] 96[8]
2022/23 0%[9] 0%[9] 99[9] 95[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[10]
Further education college
14% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[10]
Employment
0% 2022/23[10]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2020/21 88%[11] 2%[11] 0%[11] 30%[11] 0%[11] 5%[11]
2019/20 68%[12] 2%[12] 0%[12] 32%[12] 0%[12] 5%[12]

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
1 Jul 2025[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
3 Sep 2025[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 May 2023[14] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy special converter[1]
Ages
5–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
152[1]
Trust
THE BECKMEAD TRUST[1]
Local authority
Croydon[1]
Website
www.beckmeadtrust.org/park[1]
District
Croydon[15]
Postcode
BR3 3BZ[1]
URN
145591[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
120 2024/25[16]
English as an additional language
5% 2024/25[16]
SEN support
8.3% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan
91.7% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
79.2% 2024/25[16]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
44.7%[17]
Mixed
24.6%[17]
Asian
2.6%[17]
Black
21.9%[17]
Any other ethnic group
0%[17]
Unclassified
6.1%[17]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.