Beacon Hill Community School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Market Square
Aspatria
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 3EZ
Phone 01697320509
Reference Number 112375

General Makeup

Number of pupils 141
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.35%
Girls: 49.65%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 17.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 9 12 21
8 10 20 30
9 16 12 28
10 18 12 30
11 18 14 32

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 96.5%
White, Other 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2020-01-28
Date Description Report
2020-01-08 School inspection: School inspection:
2019-05-01 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2017-09-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-04-22 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-09-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-02-11 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-10-07 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-06-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-05-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-03-15 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-11-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-11-04 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-11-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-10-14 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)
30.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 21.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 25% 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 10 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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