Beech Hill School

Beech Hill School is performing well, successfully maintaining the standards established during its last inspection. The school offers a warm and nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and valued, contributing to exceptional behavior and strong academic outcomes. Pupils appreciate the diverse experiences available, which help nurture both independence and a love for reading. The curriculum is ambitious, ensuring effective support for pupils' learning particularly in early reading and mathematics, while also fostering a deep understanding of respect and diversity among students.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate exceptional behavior and respect for one another.
• Effective support for early reading and phonics development.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with a well-sequenced learning approach.
• High levels of pupil engagement and enthusiasm for learning.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain.
• Caring relationships between staff and pupils in early years.

Areas for Improvement

• Strategies to help pupils recall prior learning are not consistently embedded across all subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Beech Hill School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.2% of pupils at Beech Hill School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Beech Hill School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 1.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.9% of pupils at Beech Hill School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Beech Hill School received £7,032 and spent £6,755 for each of its 538 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,778,000 (£3,305 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of The Family of Learning Trust, income was £7,506 and spending £7,450 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Halifax · Calderdale local authority: places and applications

Beech Hill School is part of The Family of Learning Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Dean Field Community Primary School Halifax
• Bradshaw Primary School Halifax
• Shirley Manor Primary School Bradford
• Heptonstall Junior Infant and Nursery School Hebden Bridge

What is Beech Hill School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beech Hill School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Beech Hill School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beech Hill School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Beech Hill School have?

Beech Hill School has 571 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beech Hill School cover?

Beech Hill School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Beech Hill School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beech Hill School?

Beech Hill School is at Mount Pleasant Avenue, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 5TN.