Barr Beacon School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.19 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barr Beacon School is a secondary school in Walsall for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2022. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Barr Beacon School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.19 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.19 miles away, the shortest of 5 Walsall secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.49 miles).
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 333 first-choice applications for 264 offers: 226 offers went to first-choice families and 107 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Walsall.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Walsall schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Old Hall Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0RF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 1,469 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2022
Strengths
- “Barr Beacon is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils enjoy attending, achieve very well and feel safe being themselves.”
- “Leaders have created a culture where pupils are ‘proud to succeed’.”
To improve
- “However, not all teachers do this well enough.”
- “This means that sometimes teachers move on to new learning before pupils are ready to do so.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 62% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 333 first-preference applications, 264 offers in total, 226 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Walsall.
- The Streetly Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen Mary's Grammar School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Aldridge School - A Science College 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic College 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Joseph Leckie Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blue Coat Church of England Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walsall Studio School 3.1 mi Not judged
- Queen Mary's High School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published