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Beacon Hill Primary School

Primary · Hindhead · GU26 6NR

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 22 March 2023

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At a glance

186 pupils · 76% of 244 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.8% of pupils
English as additional language
10.9% of pupils
SEN support
11.4% of pupils
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.beacon-hill.surrey.sch.uk
URN
151287

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry) lived within 1.208 km (≈0.75 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.3%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector

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

This school£5,766
Typical primary school£6,960

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.

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