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Beauchamps High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Foundation school

Beauchamps Drive, Wickford SS11 8LY · beauchamps.essex.sch.uk · 01268 735466

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
48.1
average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,486
94% of 1,586 places
Local authority
Essex
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
12.6%
First language not English
4.2%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 266 families put the school first and 274 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 268 (Places 241)268September 2023: 316 (Places 243)316September 2024: 303 (Places 254)303September 2025: 273 (Places 266)273September 2026: 266 (Places 274)266Places 274
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026274266194%
September 2025Sept 20252662731▲91%
September 2024Sept 20242543031.2▲81%
September 2023Sept 20232433161.3▲75%
September 2022Sept 20222412681.1▲87%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.1, and 52.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31.3 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 46.2 (England 46.3)46.22017/18: 43.0 (England 46.5)43.02018/19: 49.6 (England 46.7)49.62021/22: 48.9 (England 48.8)48.92022/23: 48.5 (England 46.3)48.52023/24: 47.0 (England 45.9)47.02024/25: 48.1 (England 46.0)48.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲48.146.0
▲52.5%45.4%
▲73.8%64.8%
▲86.1%40.5%
▲4.494.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form39.7−2.7
Further education47.2+5.6
Apprenticeship4.4−0.5
Employment3.9−0.2
Not in a lasting destination2.6−1.1
Activity not captured2.2−1.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.8 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 33.3 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 32.6 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 29.1 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 36.3 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 32.7 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 31.8 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 31.3 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
107 studentsC (31.3)Below average -0.33
107 studentsC (31.5)Below average -0.32
56 studentsMerit (24.1)Well below average -0.62
10.9%AAB or better
97.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2486C+ (31.8)-0.18
2022/2375C+ (32.7)—
2021/2287B- (36.3)—
2018/1962C (29.1)-0.17
2017/1866C+ (32.6)-0.21
2016/1756C+ (33.3)+0.04
2015/1665C (30.8)-0.01

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University36.5−13.5
Other education1−0.9
Apprenticeship14.4+1.2
Employment37.5+10.1
Not in a lasting destination7.7+2
Activity not captured2.9+1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Beauchamps High School on 28 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
28 Jan 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2014

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2014Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Feb 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (192 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
86%
Replies
192
13% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●89% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼87% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼79% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●85% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●85% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼64% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●84% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●93% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●93% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼76% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼75% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼44% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 32% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲70% agreeEngland 67%

based on 60 parents (31%) with SEND

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