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Beacon Academy

Primary · Walsall · WV12 5HA

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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 27 February 2024

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At a glance

488 pupils · 100% of 485 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
50.2% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.beacon.lhmat.com/
URN
151995

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

54 places offered · 53 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.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.6%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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.

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