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Beal High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 55 54.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
62.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.62 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 52[6] 58.7%[6]
2023/24 55.4[4] 68%[4] +0.62[4]
2022/23 53.9[7] 65%[7] +0.48[7]
2021/22 58.7[8] 73%[8] +0.81[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
6.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 13.5%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 6.7%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 11.1%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 10.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
84% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
8% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 86%[15] 3%[15] 8%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 86%[16] 2%[16] 7%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 88%[17] 2%[17] 7%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 83%[18] 2%[18] 9%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
71% 2022/23[19]
Education
75% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 76%[20] 80%[20] 2%[20] 7%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 74%[21] 76%[21] 3%[21] 8%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 73%[22] 83%[22] 2%[22] 3%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 78%[23] 83%[23] 3%[23] 6%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
87% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
21% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
28% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 86%[26] 33%[26]
2019/20 88%[25] 30%[25] 28%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 88%[27] 26%[27] 24%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 91%[28] 31%[28] 29%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 Apr 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Jul 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Needs attention[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Nov 2021[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
926 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
199 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
343 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 930[31] 174[31] 345[31] 2.7[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2024 980[31] 175[31] 352[31] 2.8[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1021[31] 213[31] 351[31] 2.9[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1110[31] 224[31] 347[31] 3.2[31] 0.6[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
2840[1]
Trust
BEACON MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority
Redbridge[1]
Website
www.bealhighschool.co.uk[1]
District
Redbridge[32]
Postcode
IG4 5LP[1]
URN
140575[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
2610 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
33.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
6.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
9.1%[34]
Mixed
6.5%[34]
Asian
75.1%[34]
Black
6.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[34]
Unclassified
0.6%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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