Beamont Collegiate Academy

Beamont Collegiate Academy continues to perform well as a good school where pupils exhibit enthusiasm and happiness to attend. The curriculum has developed effectively since the last inspection, ensuring that pupils not only learn but also retain knowledge in various subjects, which supports their overall achievement. The school prioritizes the needs of all students, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, ensuring they are well-supported and included in all aspects of learning and school life.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a wide range of enrichment activities.
• Classrooms maintain a calm and purposeful atmosphere.
• Strong emphasis on reading fluency through an effective phonics programme.
• Excellent careers education with useful advice and frequent fairs.
• The school promotes a strong culture of safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not effectively use checks on pupils' earlier learning to identify knowledge gaps.

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 Beamont Collegiate Academy attended 90.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 5.4% of pupils at Beamont Collegiate Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 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 Beamont Collegiate Academy had 14.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 16.5% of pupils at Beamont Collegiate Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Beamont Collegiate Academy received £9,450 and spent £9,936 for each of its 897 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £225,000 (£251 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of The Challenge Academy Trust, income was £7,634 and spending £7,638 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 Warrington · Warrington local authority: places and applications

Beamont Collegiate Academy is part of The Challenge Academy Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School Warrington
• Dallam Community Primary School Warrington
• Padgate Academy Warrington
• Priestley College Warrington
• Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School Warrington
• Great Sankey Primary School Warrington
• Penketh High School Warrington
• Bridgewater High School Warrington
• Broomfields Junior School Warrington
• Penketh South Community Primary School Warrington

What is Beamont Collegiate Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beamont Collegiate Academy is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was Beamont Collegiate Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Beamont Collegiate Academy was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does Beamont Collegiate Academy have?

Beamont Collegiate Academy has 890 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beamont Collegiate Academy cover?

Beamont Collegiate Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Beamont Collegiate Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.9, and 47% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Beamont Collegiate Academy?

Beamont Collegiate Academy is at Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8PX.