Beauchamps High School

Type Secondary / Foundation school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Beauchamps Drive
Wickford
Essex
SS11 8LY
Phone 01268735466
Reference Number 115322

Description

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Beauchamps High School is a mixed intake secondary school and sixth form that caters to students between 11 and 18 years of age, located at Beauchamps Drive in Wickford, Essex, England, and bears the postcode SS11 8LY. The institution was established in 1959, originally named Beauchamps Grant Maintained School and later renamed in 1999. The school is recognized as a foundation school with a focus on providing a family environment, as reflected in its motto, "We are a family."

Operating under the local authority of Essex, Beauchamps High School is staffed by a team of 65 educators. The school has enrolled approximately 1,300 students, and its gender ratio is coeducational. The school’s recognition includes the 2014 Ofsted 'Outstanding' award.

In the academic realm, Beauchamps High School strives for excellence. In one record year, 60% of A-level passes were at Grades A to C and 86% of students achieved 5 GCSEs at Grades A* to C. The school has also seen improvements in GCSE and A-level pass rates over the years, with 92% achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C in 2010 and a 98% pass rate at A-level.

Notable alumni include Andy Coulson, former editor of the News of the World, Rhys Thomas, comedy actor/writer, Tony Way, comedy actor/writer, Bobby Lockwood, actor, and Spencer Livermore, Baron Livermore, a Labour life peer.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1445
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.01%
Girls: 46.99%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 134 114 248
8 128 124 252
9 131 113 244
10 129 116 245
11 126 104 230
12 60 64 124
13 58 44 102

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83.5%
African 3.7%
White, Other 3.5%
Mixed, Other 1.8%
White & Asian 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.2%
White & Black (African) 1%
Asian, Other 0.8%
Chinese 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Unclassified 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2014-11-19
Date Description Report
2014-10-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-01-15 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2011-11-28 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-02-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-02-09 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-12-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-11-19 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)
46.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 50.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 64.8% 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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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 33 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 35.58 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 17.4% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 164 6
Third Preference 118 2
From another Local Authority 8 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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0.16 miles
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0.18 miles
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0.93 miles
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1.07 miles
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1.55 miles
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1.58 miles
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3.45 miles
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3.47 miles
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3.56 miles
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3.89 miles
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3.91 miles
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3.97 miles
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3.99 miles
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4.15 miles
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4.53 miles
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