Beechen Cliff School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C69
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bath, BA2 4RE
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Ralph Allen School
Claverton Down Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 7AD
Local ranking5th of 14 secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1300
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 March 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 53.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 240
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 37.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B
Avg A-Level Grade
40.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
113
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 23.1% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 246
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1382
- Boys
- 827 (59%)
- Girls
- 571 (41%)
- Capacity
- 1300 (108% full)
- SEND
- 16.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.2%
- EAL
- 8.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 11.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,298/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
- 10.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 76.1%
- White Other: 9.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
76.1%
White British
9.4%
White Other
3.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Claverton Down Road
Bath, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 138522
- UKPRN
- 10037881
- Establishment No.
- 4132
- Trust
- PALLADIAN ACADEMY TRUST
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