Beacon High

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Hilldrop Road
Islington
London
N7 0JG
Phone 02076075885
Reference Number 100453

General Makeup

Number of pupils 417
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.64%
Girls: 44.36%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 65.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 32.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 46 26 72
8 45 42 87
9 54 36 90
10 48 34 82
11 39 47 86

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 21.8%
African 18.2%
White, Other 13.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 7.7%
Mixed, Other 7%
Caribbean 3.8%
White & Black (African) 1.4%
Irish 1.4%
Unclassified 1%
Pakistani 0.7%
Asian, Other 0.7%
White & Asian 0.2%
Indian 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-01-23
Date Description Report
2022-11-16 School inspection: School inspection:
2021-02-25 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2019-05-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-01-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-05-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-05-30 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-02-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-10-14 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-11-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-05-21 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 21.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 38.7% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 50 10
Third Preference 45 3
From another Local Authority 37 14

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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