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Beechwood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 33 33.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
33.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
22.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.74 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 36[6] 28%[6]
2023/24 34.5[4] 27.5%[4] -0.74[4]
2022/23 31.4[7] 22%[7] -0.90[7]
2021/22 41.4[8] 41%[8] -0.38[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 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 D+[10] 3%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 5.9%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
22% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
52% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 41%[15] 4%[15] 38%[15] 4%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 36%[16] 5%[16] 45%[16] 3%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 33%[17] 6%[17] 40%[17] 2%[17] 6%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 39%[18] 1%[18] 50%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
56% 2022/23[19]
Education
57% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 81%[20] 47%[20] 47%[20] 6%[20] 28%[20]
2020/21 78%[21] 44%[21] 47%[21] 19%[21] 13%[21]
2019/20 78%[22] 38%[22] 54%[22] 4%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 97%[23] 80%[23] 83%[23] 3%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
74% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
10% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
4% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 65%[26] 8%[26]
2019/20 58%[25] 4%[25] 4%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 88%[27] 3%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 2%[28] 2%[28] 0%[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
29 Apr 2025[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[29]
Report published
9 Jun 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
20 Jun 2024[30] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[30] No overall grade[30]
24 Jan 2023[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
238 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
111 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
131 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 189[32] 78[32] 112[32] 1.7[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 222[32] 98[32] 142[32] 1.6[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 227[32] 106[32] 148[32] 1.5[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2022 208[32] 104[32] 149[32] 1.4[32] 0.7[32]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[33]

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
905[1]
Trust
THE SCHELWOOD TRUST[1]
Local authority
Slough[1]
Website
http://www.beechwood.slough.sch.uk[1]
District
Slough[34]
Postcode
SL2 1QE[1]
URN
143327[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
830 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
46.3% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
14.7% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
2.2% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.3% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
39.5%[36]
Mixed
13.6%[36]
Asian
26.6%[36]
Black
13.2%[36]
Any other ethnic group
4.1%[36]
Unclassified
3%[36]

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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