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Beauchamp College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Ridge Way, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5TP · beauchamp.org.uk · 0116 272 9100

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
55.9
average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
2,309
203 over 2,106 places · 110%
Local authority
Leicestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
11.9%
First language not English
11.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Lionheart Educational Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 235 families put the school first and 325 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 391 (Places 299)391September 2023: 248 (Places 328)248September 2024: 281 (Places 325)281September 2025: 227 (Places 315)227September 2026: 235 (Places 325)235Places 325
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20263252350.799%
September 2025Sept 20253152270.793%
September 2024Sept 20243252810.989%
September 2023Sept 20233282480.890%
September 2022Sept 20222993911.3▲71%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55.9, and 63.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (39.1 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: 53.5 (England 46.3)53.52017/18: 54.2 (England 46.5)54.22018/19: 54.4 (England 46.7)54.42021/22: 62.1 (England 48.8)62.12022/23: 55.5 (England 46.3)55.52023/24: 57.7 (England 45.9)57.72024/25: 55.9 (England 46.0)55.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲55.946.0
▲63.3%45.4%
▲80.3%64.8%
▲84.7%40.5%
▲5.284.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form61.8−8.1
Sixth form college14.6+3.7
Further education16.6+6.6
Apprenticeship1.3−0.4
Employment1.7−0.4
Not in a lasting destination2−0.5
Activity not captured2−0.5

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: 28.9 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.1 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 34.8 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 35.1 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 39.8 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 36.4 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 38.5 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 39.1 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
320 studentsB (39.1)Above average +0.23
322 studentsB (39.1)Above average +0.22
246 studentsDist (34.6)Above average +0.14
7 studentsDist (33.6)Average +0.42
22%AAB or better
96.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24325B (38.5)+0.21
2022/23350B- (36.4)—
2021/22428B (39.8)—
2018/19466B- (35.1)+0.01
2017/18540C+ (34.8)+0.13
2016/17552C (31.1)-0.04
2015/16539C (28.9)-0.14

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University69.3+4.1
Further and other education2.4+1
Further education0.9—
Other education1.5—
Apprenticeship4.2+0.1
Employment10.4−7.1
Not in a lasting destination5.7−0.2
Activity not captured8+2.1

Ofsted

Beauchamp College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
1 Mar 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2011

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • May 2011Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Mar 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

62% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (175 replies, to 2 January 2023).

Recommend
62%
Replies
175
8% · 2 Jan 2023
Child is happy at school▼66% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼78% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼67% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼70% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼50% agreeEngland 79%
Told how child is doing▼73% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼86% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼81% agreeEngland 89%
Supports personal development▼59% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼54% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼29% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 38% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼30% agreeEngland 67%

based on 33 parents (19%) with SEND

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