Barr Beacon School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Walsall, WS9 0RF
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Q3 Academy Great Barr
Wilderness Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 7SD
Local ranking10th of 20 secondary schools in Sandwell
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 207
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
48
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.2% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 82
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1163
- Boys
- 592 (51%)
- Girls
- 561 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (100% full)
- SEND
- 12.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.7%
- EAL
- 18.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 10.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,318/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 37.8%
- Asian Indian: 25.7%
- Black Caribbean: 8.9%
- Mixed Other: 5.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.0%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.2%
37.8%
White British
25.7%
Asian Indian
8.9%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wilderness Lane
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 135449
- UKPRN
- 10024117
- Establishment No.
- 6908
- Trust
- THE MERCIAN TRUST
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