The Beacon School
Picquets Way, Banstead, SM7 1AG
Local ranking49th of 53 secondary schools in Surrey
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 51.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 49.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 217
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2023-24*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
21.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
23.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
31
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 22.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 32
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1022
- Boys
- 517 (51%)
- Girls
- 505 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (76% full)
- SEND
- 24.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.4%
- EAL
- 5.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 20.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,780/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 74.1%
- White Other: 6.9%
- Other: 6.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
74.1%
White British
6.9%
White Other
6.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137735
- UKPRN
- 10035943
- Establishment No.
- 5406
- Trust
- GLF SCHOOLS