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Beechen Cliff School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,232Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 146972URN

Kipling Avenue, Bath, BA2 4RE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.4 above Bath and North East Somerset median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset

421 applications for 172 places · 5th of 11 in Bath and North East Somerset
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.4of 90
2nd of 14 in Bath and North East Somerset
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.5applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Bath and North East Somerset median (2.0) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

421 applications · 172 places offered · 256 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.0; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.0; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.0; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.2; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.2; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.3; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.5; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.3; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.9; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.2; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.2; Bath and North East Somerset median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.1; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Bath and North East Somerset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bath and North East Somerset median

Dashed bars: as Beechen Cliff School (URN 136520), Beechen Cliff School (URN 109332), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261724212.52561.49
Sep 20251663352.01650.99
Sep 20241743532.01741.00
Sep 20231733502.01580.91
Sep 20221693652.21851.09
Sep 20211733882.21741.01
Sep 20201673902.31821.09
Sep 2019 *1674122.51761.05
Sep 2018 *1664832.93061.84
Sep 2017 *1693662.22361.40
Sep 2016 *1733782.22391.38
Sep 2015 *1733602.12151.24
Sep 2014 *1873351.82281.22

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

173 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.42nd of 14 in Bath and North East Somerset
Grade 5 or above in English and maths70%1st of 14 in Bath and North East Somerset
Grade 4 or above in English and maths83%
  • This school
  • Bath and North East Somerset median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.45
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17356.470%83%–
2024/2517555.065%79%–
2023/2416557.169%83%+0.45
2022/2317956.067%85%+0.48

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
146972 · 800/4006
Trust
Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,055 pupils · 1,232 on roll
Free school meals
11.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2019
Replaced
Beechen Cliff School (URN 136520); Beechen Cliff School (URN 109332)
Address
Kipling Avenue, Bath, BA2 4RE
Local authority
Bath and North East Somerset

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources