The Beacon School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Banstead, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
The Beacon School is a secondary school in Banstead, Surrey for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 20 of the 55 other Surrey secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 148 first-choice applications for 243 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 95 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), while the Attainment 8 score was 45.1 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Surrey schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Picquets Way, Banstead, SM7 1AG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 959 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are confident and happy at this caring school.”
- “Staff encourage them to be individuals.”
- “Teachers forge warm and meaningful relationships with pupils.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of disadvantaged pupils still do not attend as well as they should.”
- “This means they miss out on crucial learning.”
- “This includes in the small number of subjects where previous pupils have not achieved as well as they could in national tests.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (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) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.1 | 46 |
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: 148 first-preference applications, 243 offers in total, 148 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 Surrey.
- Glyn School 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Rosebery School 2.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Blenheim High School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Epsom and Ewell High School 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's Catholic School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bede's School 4.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Merstham Park School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Therfield School 5.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published