Beacon of Light School
Special / other · Sunderland · SR5 1SN
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.
Inspected 19 September 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Age range
- 13–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils
- URN
- 142882
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 19 September 2023: Good
- 2 July 2019: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.