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Beacon Hill Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Market Square, Aspatria, Wigton CA7 3EZ · beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk · 01697 320509
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 28.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Cumberland 42.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 135
- 39% of 350 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 43%
- First language not English
- 1.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 34 families put the school first and 34 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 28.8, and 13.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cumberland it was 42.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼28.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼13.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼30.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼36.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.52 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 9.4 | −14.6 |
| Further education | 62.5 | +6.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.1 | −4.9 |
| Employment | 12.5 | +8.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.4 | +5.4 |
| Activity not captured | 3.1 | −0.9 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Beacon Hill Community School on 24 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- May 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Sept 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 25
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied