Beacon Hill Community School

State-Funded School

beacon-hill-community-school-cumberland-north-west

North WestRegion

CumberlandLocal Authority

Penrith and SolwayConstituency

CA7 3EZPostcode

1.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Beacon Hill Community School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Cumberland, North West.

It currently serves 135 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 28.8
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 13.3%
EBacc average point score: 2.52

Ethnicity

White

96%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

135

Total Pupils

44%Boys

56%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 135
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 Sept 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
27 Jan 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.