Beaconsfield High School A GSG School
- Beaconsfield High School
Wattleton Road
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
HP9 1RR - Head: Tina Bond
- T 01494 673043
- F 01494 670715
- E enquiries@beacons…dhigh.bucks.sch.uk
- W www.beaconsfie…gh.bucks.sch.uk
- A state school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Buckinghamshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Buckinghamshire
- Pupils: 1,220; sixth formers: 308
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: Thursday 28th September 2023, 16:00 - 20:00
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 11th December 2019
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘Becky High’ soars above the competition in the league tables, but somehow keeps hold of its relaxed, friendly vibe. Praise for support given during the university application period, especially the all-important personal statement preparation. Career speed-dating goes down well, as do guest speakers (including by high-flying parents) and the school is increasingly teaming up with businesses such as Hitachi so girls get valuable ...
What the school says...
Entrance examinations consist of: 11 - 3 VR tests administered by local LEA. Tests approved by school governors may also be administered in exceptional circumstances.
Practice papers given.
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School associations
State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since March 2023, Tina Bond MEd PGCE, previously deputy head. After her degree in product design and manufacture, she began her career in a non-selective secondary school, completing her PGCE on the job. Since then, she has worked largely in single sex environments, including Wycombe High School. Alongside teaching, she has focussed on effective middle leadership and has a master's in this area from Edge Hill university.
Entrance
Selective. The mysterious business of catchment waxes and wanes on an almost annual basis according to how many are successful in the much hyped Bucks 11 plus. Preference currently given to looked after children and, in rare cases in this super-affluent demographic, those qualifying for free school meals, then siblings. Vast majority, say parents, are tutored, despite school’s disapproval.
The competition for places means...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Gayhurst School | 2023 | 1 |
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