This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 4 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 11 December 2019Graded inspection: Outstanding
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry799 applications · 186 places offered · 252 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 4.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2025 4.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2024 4.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2023 4.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2022 4.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2021 6.0; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
- 2020 4.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
- 2019 5.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
- 2018 4.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
- 2017 3.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
- 2016 3.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2015 4.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- 2014 4.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Buckinghamshire median
Dashed bars: as Beaconsfield High School (URN 110528), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 186 | 799 | 4.3 | 252 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2025 | 185 | 753 | 4.1 | 272 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2024 | 185 | 755 | 4.1 | 238 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2023 | 180 | 772 | 4.3 | 246 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2022 | 181 | 816 | 4.5 | 310 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2021 | 181 | 1,090 | 6.0 | 413 | 2.28 |
| Sep 2020 | 177 | 827 | 4.7 | 284 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2019 | 178 | 881 | 5.0 | 307 | 1.72 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 851 | 4.7 | 284 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2017 | 180 | 686 | 3.8 | 213 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 | 178 | 701 | 3.9 | 239 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2015 | 149 | 634 | 4.3 | 208 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2014 * | 150 | 599 | 4.0 | 192 | 1.28 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 177 | 74.5 | 97% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 75.9 | 99% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 180 | 76.5 | 98% | 100% | +0.95 |
| 2022/23 | 181 | 76.9 | 98% | 99% | +1.04 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Beaconsfield High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20244.3applications per place 74.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · BuckinghamshireRemains Good20244.2applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · BuckinghamshireGood20221.6applications per place 33.9Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · BuckinghamshireGood20221.1applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · BuckinghamshireSome aspects not as strong20242.7applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · BuckinghamshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20220.8applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · SloughGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 33.2Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · BuckinghamshireImproved significantly20253.9applications per place 71.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 7.8 km · BuckinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 54.2Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140893 · 825/5402
- Trust
- Beaconsfield High School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,100 pupils · 1,283 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Beaconsfield High School (URN 110528)
- Address
- Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, HP9 1RR
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources