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Beaconsfield High School

Secondary · Beaconsfield · HP9 1RR

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 December 2019

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At a glance

1,283 pupils · 117% of 1,100 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
2.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
22.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.beaconsfieldhigh.school
URN
140893

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 252 families named it first for 186 Year 7 places, 1.35 first choices per place. We hold 9 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2018 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 11 December 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.35 first-choice applications per place

186 places offered · 252 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places for 2026 entry were decided by test scores, not distance.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Places for 2026 entry were decided by test scores, not distance.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

179 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
75.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
99.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
99.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
7.1
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B+
43.9
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school75.9
Median of its 12 closest peers74.3
Buckinghamshire average54.1
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Aylesbury Grammar SchoolAylesbury · 16 miles awayOutstanding74.5
Chesham Grammar SchoolChesham · 7 miles awayOutstanding74
Sir Thomas Rich's SchoolGloucester · 69 miles awayStrong standard77.2
Bexley Grammar SchoolWelling · 34 miles awayOutstanding74.7
Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetBarnet · 19 miles awayExceptional85.6
Bournemouth SchoolBournemouth · 79 miles awayOutstanding74.2
Sale Grammar SchoolSale · 144 miles awayOutstanding76.1
Dr Challoner's High SchoolAmersham · 5 miles awayOutstanding79.1
Urmston Grammar AcademyManchester · 147 miles awayStrong standard71.7
John Hampden Grammar SchoolHigh Wycombe · 5 miles awayOutstanding72.3
Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsDartford · 38 miles awayGood66.7
Sir William Borlase's Grammar SchoolMarlow · 6 miles awayOutstanding72.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 42% (Buckinghamshire 51%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 26% (Buckinghamshire 12%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Buckinghamshire 9%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Buckinghamshire 5%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Buckinghamshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Buckinghamshire: 11.48 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

62.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,397; 7.1% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,766
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (6%) · supplies and services 15% (11%) · educational supplies 10% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 8% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £2,263,000; in-year balance +£411,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
99%
Continuing in education
99%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
73%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
15%
Any sustained destination
91%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher55.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health60.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.7%62.3%
Social housing8.1%17.1%
Privately rented22.3%20.5%
Detached houses45.9%22.9%
Flats15.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017799 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£785,000207 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£535,000–£1,205,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (73)£1,420,000
Semi-detached (43)£712,000
Terraced (43)£715,000
Flat (48)£388,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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