Beacon Business Innovation Hub
Other · Free schools alternative provision · Ages 12–19 · Ilford, Redbridge
Beacon Business Innovation Hub is an other school in Ilford, Redbridge for ages 12–19 (free schools alternative provision). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 April 2024.
Key facts
- Address
- Woodford Bridge Road, Clayhall, Ilford, IG4 5LP
- Type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Phase
- Other
- Ages
- 12–19
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 35 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 4.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 April 2024
Strengths
- “Leaders, staff and members of the trust are ambitious for pupils’ futures.”
- “All pupils who leave the school at the end of Year 11 move on to further education, employment or training.”
- “Pupils’ attitudes towards their learning are positive.”
To improve
- “The school is refining curriculum thinking further to ensure that in all subjects, pupils’ knowledge and skills build cumulatively in all year groups.”
- “However, the school does not clearly identify pupils who have gaps in their phonics knowledge.”
- “Even though staff use additional lessons to support pupils’ reading skills generally, these do not routinely focus on developing pupils’ phonics knowledge for decoding and building fluency.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
More with a 3-month pass
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Where pupils go after they leave
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby other schools
Straight-line distance, in Redbridge.
- Hatton Special School 0.3 mi Not judged
- Beehive Preparatory School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Stradbroke 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Snaresbrook Prep School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Apex Secondary School for Boys 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Apex Secondary School for Girls 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Redbridge Alternative Provision 1.6 mi Requires improvement
- Apex Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade