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Beamont Collegiate Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Long Lane, Orford, Warrington WA2 8PX · bcawarrington.org.uk · 01925 579500
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Warrington 48.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 890
- 99% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 47.9%
- First language not English
- 16.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 208 families put the school first and 180 places were offered; 85% 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 | 180 | 208 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 180 | 219 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 179 | 246 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 265 | 1.5▲ | 67% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 180 | 244 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.8, and 38.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Warrington it was 48.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲62.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.19 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.8 | — |
| Sixth form college | 32.4 | −6.7 |
| Further education | 38.8 | −4.3 |
| Other education | 0.6 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.4 | +1.3 |
| Employment | 3.5 | −3.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 15.9 | +9.6 |
| Activity not captured | 4.7 | +1.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 July 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Beamont Collegiate Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 5 Jul 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
43% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 43%
- Replies
- 35
- 4% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 69% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (31%) with SEND