All Hallows Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,514 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.2
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The Beacon School
- Pupils on roll
- 959of 1,350 places
- Free school meals
- 18.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 217
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 16 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Beacon School (URN 125306, until 1 December 2011).
What the data says
The Beacon School has no sixth form. Of the 231 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 45% moved to a sixth form college, 29% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 45% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.1 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 51% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Beacon School | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 231 | 11,758 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 7% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 45% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 29% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Beacon School | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.1 | 50.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 55% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 74% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 49% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 | 4.55 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 16% | 15% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.0 | 32.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.7 | 54.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 216 | 100% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 79% |
| English Language | 216 | 100% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 73% |
| English Literature | 209 | 96% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 73% |
| Combined Science | 156 | 72% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 49% |
| History | 141 | 65% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 56% |
| Geography | 87 | 40% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 53% |
| Design and Technology | 70 | 32% | 11% | 7% | 23% | 66% |
| Film Studies | 68 | 31% | 1% | 15% | 20% | 60% |
| Spanish | 60 | 28% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 67% |
| Drama | 54 | 25% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 56% |
| Sociology | 53 | 24% | 4% | 6% | 21% | 49% |
| Physics | 52 | 24% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 90% |
| Biology | 52 | 24% | 23% | 23% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 52 | 24% | 23% | 15% | 47% | 87% |
| French | 50 | 23% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 70% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 46 | 21% | 8% | 35% | 21% | 78% |
| Textiles | 32 | 15% | 2% | 34% | 27% | 91% |
| Physical Education | 24 | 11% | 11% | 8% | 24% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 9% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 70% |
| Art and Design | 17 | 8% | 7% | 18% | 24% | 65% |
| Dance | 13 | 6% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 69% |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 44 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 8 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Surrey
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Chertsey High School
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.