Beacon Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Walsall, WV12 5HA
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Beacon Primary School
Davis Road, New Invention, Walsall, WV12 5HA
Primary
Phase
485
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 August 2025 and continues as Beacon Academy (URN 151995) (opened 1 September 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 77.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 501
- Boys
- 246 (49%)
- Girls
- 255 (51%)
- Capacity
- 485 (103% full)
- SEND
- 15.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.3%
- EAL
- 13.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,673/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.1%
- Asian Indian: 6.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.8%
- Black African: 4.4%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
70.1%
White British
6.2%
Asian Indian
5.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Davis Road
Walsall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 131580
- UKPRN
- 10069476
- Establishment No.
- 2247
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Ofsted: Expected
Score
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