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Beaconsfield High School
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield HP9 1RR · beaconsfieldhigh.school · 01494 673043
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 75.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Buckinghamshire 53.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 5.08 mi
- 8.18 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,283
- 183 over 1,100 places · 117%
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Selective
- Free school meals
- 2.3%
- First language not English
- 21%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 5.08 mi (8.18 km) from the school. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 252 families put the school first and 186 places were offered; 65% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 186 | 252 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 185 | 272 | 1.5▲ | 64% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 185 | 238 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 246 | 1.4▲ | 63% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 181 | 310 | 1.7▲ | 55% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 5.08 mi8.18 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 75.9, and 99.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Buckinghamshire it was 53.4, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B+ (43.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲75.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲99.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲99.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲75.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲7.11 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 93.9 | +1.9 |
| Sixth form college | 1.1 | −2.9 |
| Further education | 1.7 | 0 |
| Other education | 1.1 | −1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 0.6 | — |
| Activity not captured | 1.7 | — |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 168 students | B+ (43.9) | Average +0.08 | |
| 170 students | B+ (43.8) | Average +0.05 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 179 | B+ (43.3) | +0.09 |
| 2022/23 | 185 | B+ (45) | — |
| 2021/22 | 155 | A- (47.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 135 | B (41.3) | -0.02 |
| 2017/18 | 130 | B+ (42.9) | +0.12 |
| 2016/17 | 147 | B+ (43.9) | +0.15 |
| 2015/16 | 175 | B (40.4) | -0.14 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 74 | −3.7 |
| Other education | 0.6 | −0.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.1 | −1.4 |
| Employment | 12.7 | +1.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.3 | +4.5 |
| Activity not captured | 3.3 | −0.5 |
Ofsted
Beaconsfield High School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 11 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Dec 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Sixth form Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (251 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 251
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 35 parents (14%) with SEND