Beechview Academy

Beechview Academy is a junior academy converter in the Marlow Education Trust. Following a previous inspection that graded it as requiring improvement, this July 2025 graded inspection found all four key judgements—quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management—to be good, and safeguarding effective. Pupils are described as safe, well known by staff, and positive about the school’s friendly and inclusive culture. Current pupils are progressing successfully through a broad and ambitious curriculum, although 2024 key stage 2 published outcomes were below national averages. The school’s main strengths lie in reading, curriculum ambition, SEND support, behaviour and personal development. Reading is a high priority, phonics support is strong and pupils read fluently. Staff have strong subject knowledge, pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported to access the full curriculum, and pupils behave well. Enrichment, leadership opportunities and community involvement help develop character. The trust provides effective support and staff wellbeing is considered. The main area for improvement is assessment. Sometimes checks on pupils’ learning do not inform future teaching well enough, so pupils do not secure important ideas and gaps in understanding can remain. The school is already addressing this. Attendance is monitored well and persistently absent pupils’ attendance is beginning to improve.

Strengths

• Reading is a high priority, with a strong reading culture and effective phonics support.
• Pupils learn a broad and ambitious curriculum with well-sequenced knowledge and vocabulary.
• Staff have strong subject knowledge and typically teach the curriculum well.
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported to access the full curriculum.
• Pupils behave well in lessons and around school, with warm and positive relationships.
• Personal development is strong, including leadership roles, enrichment and community involvement.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• The school benefits from trust support and is mindful of staff wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment checks do not always inform future teaching well enough.
• Where assessment is weaker, pupils do not secure important ideas and gaps in understanding can remain.
• Key stage 2 published outcomes in 2024 were below national averages, although current pupils are progressing successfully.

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 Beechview Academy attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.1% 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, 4.7% of pupils at Beechview Academy 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 Beechview Academy had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.4% 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, 21.9% of pupils at Beechview Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Beechview Academy received £7,926 and spent £8,419 for each of its 170 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £107,000 (£631 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Marlow Education Trust, income was £6,845 and spending £6,844 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 High Wycombe · Buckinghamshire local authority: places and applications

Beechview Academy is part of Marlow Education Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Great Marlow School Marlow
• Burford School Marlow
• Marlow Church of England Infant School Marlow
• Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Marlow
• Spinfield School Marlow

What is Beechview Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beechview Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Beechview Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Beechview Academy was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Beechview Academy have?

Beechview Academy has 183 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beechview Academy cover?

Beechview Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Beechview Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beechview Academy?

Beechview Academy is at Guinions Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 7NT.