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Schools similar toBeacon Academy
'Similar schools' means schools across England whose key stage 4 pupils had similar achievement at the end of key stage 2 opens a popup . These figures are based on the results of pupils who finished key stage 4 in July 2019, which is the latest data available.
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Sir John Talbot's School
(Academy)
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Shropshire | 46.1 | 1 | Well above average 0.57 | 46% | 4.09 | 26.4 |
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School name and type
Bourne Academy
(Academy)
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Lincolnshire | 45.8 | 2 | Well above average 0.59 | 8% | 3.61 | 27.1 |
School name and type
Parkside Community School
(Maintained school)
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Derbyshire | 45.6 | 3 | Well above average 0.59 | 16% | 3.64 | 26.6 |
School name and type
Swindon Academy
(Academy)
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Swindon | 44.8 | 4 | Above average 0.41 | 26% | 3.7 | 26.7 |
School name and type
Joseph Leckie Academy
(Academy)
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Walsall | 44.1 | 5 | Above average 0.46 | 34% | 3.64 | 26.7 |
School name and type
Holy Trinity Catholic School
(Maintained school)
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Birmingham | 43.4 | 6 | Above average 0.37 | 15% | 3.44 | 26.6 |
School name and type
Blackburn Central High School
(Maintained school)
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Blackburn with Darwen | 41.3 | 7 | Average 0.17 | 53% | 3.76 | 26.6 |
School name and type
Harlington School
(Maintained school)
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Hillingdon | 41.2 | 8 | Average 0.18 | 48% | 3.7 | 26.7 |
School name and type
Colton Hills Community School
(Maintained school)
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Wolverhampton | 41.1 | 9 | Above average 0.24 | 38% | 3.69 | 26.3 |
School name and type
Oasis Academy Wintringham
(Academy)
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North East Lincolnshire | 41.1 | 9 | Average 0.14 | 10% | 3.38 | 26.6 |
School name and type
Ipswich Academy
(Academy)
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Suffolk | 40.7 | 11 | Average 0.15 | 13% | 3.42 | 26.4 |
School name and type
Westborough High School
(Maintained school)
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Kirklees | 40.6 | 12 | Average 0.11 | 39% | 3.36 | 26.6 |
School name and type
Orchard School Bristol
(Academy)
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Bristol, City of | 40.4 | 13 | Average -0.01 | 24% | 3.56 | 26.5 |
School name and type
The Lenham School
(Academy)
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Kent | 40.3 | 14 | Average -0.02 | 75% | 3.52 | 26.9 |
School name and type
Winton Community Academy
(Academy)
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Hampshire | 40.3 | 14 | Average 0.03 | 18% | 3.38 | 26.9 |
School name and type
Churchmead Church of England (VA) School
(Maintained school)
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Windsor and Maidenhead | 39.5 | 16 | Average -0.07 | 18% | 3.06 | 26.8 |
School name and type
Kempston Challenger Academy
(Academy)
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Bedford | 39 | 17 | Average -0.21 | 42% | 3.3 | 26.7 |
School name and type
Biddenham International School and Sports College
(Maintained school)
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Bedford | 38.9 | 18 | Average -0.06 | 8% | 3.05 | 26.5 |
School name and type
Sheffield Springs Academy
(Academy)
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Sheffield | 38.6 | 19 | Average 0 | 30% | 2.95 | 26.6 |
School name and type
Broomfield School
(Maintained school)
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Enfield | 38.2 | 20 | Average 0.07 | 77% | 3.62 | 26.9 |
School name and type
Sirius Academy North
(Academy)
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Kingston upon Hull, City of | 38 | 21 | Average -0.1 | 32% | 2.95 | 26.3 |
School name and type
Ark Elvin Academy
(Academy)
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Brent | 37.8 | 22 | LOWCOV opens a popup | 64% | 3.64 | 26 |
School name and type
Cockshut Hill Technology College
(Academy)
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Birmingham | 37.7 | 23 | Average -0.19 | 32% | 3.28 | 26.4 |
School name and type
Kingswood Secondary Academy
(Academy)
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Northamptonshire | 37.3 | 24 | Average -0.2 | 20% | 3.05 | 26.7 |
School name and type
Aylward Academy
(Academy)
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Enfield | 37.2 | 25 | Average -0.14 | 15% | 2.97 | 26.4 |
School name and type
The Lea Valley Academy
(Academy)
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Enfield | 37.1 | 26 | Below average -0.23 | 76% | 3.4 | 26.4 |
School name and type
Beacon Academy
(Academy)
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North East Lincolnshire | 36.9 | 27 | Average -0.21 | 0% | 2.75 | 26.2 |
School name and type
Fearnhill School
(Maintained school)
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Hertfordshire | 36.8 | 28 | Average -0.25 | 30% | 3.15 | 26.2 |
School name and type
Oasis Academy Enfield
(Academy)
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Enfield | 36.7 | 29 | Below average -0.33 | 81% | 3.48 | 26.8 |
School name and type
Erdington Academy
(Academy)
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Birmingham | 36 | 30 | Below average -0.31 | 13% | 2.96 | 26.6 |
School name and type
The Gatwick School
(Academy)
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West Sussex | 35.9 | 31 | Below average -0.4 | 47% | 2.93 | 26.5 |
School name and type
Hadlow Rural Community School
(Academy)
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Kent | 35.8 | 32 | Average -0.34 | 57% | 3.37 | 26.7 |
School name and type
Nottingham University Samworth Academy
(Academy)
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Nottingham | 35.8 | 32 | Below average -0.41 | 21% | 2.81 | 26.6 |
School name and type
The North School
(Maintained school)
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Kent | 35.2 | 34 | Below average -0.39 | 13% | 2.93 | 26.8 |
School name and type
The Watford UTC
(Academy)
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Hertfordshire | 35.2 | 34 | -0.78 | 0% | 2.6 | 26.6 |
School name and type
Ark Evelyn Grace Academy
(Academy)
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Lambeth | 35.1 | 36 | Below average -0.48 | 43% | 3.14 | 26.8 |
School name and type
John Madejski Academy
(Academy)
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Reading | 34.9 | 37 | Well below average -0.58 | 3% | 2.79 | 26.8 |
School name and type
St Augustine Academy
(Academy)
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Kent | 34.8 | 38 | Well below average -0.55 | 6% | 2.61 | 26.6 |
School name and type
Unity Academy Blackpool
(Academy)
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Blackpool | 34.8 | 38 | Well below average -0.59 | 12% | 2.71 | 26.3 |
School name and type
Grange Technology College
(Academy)
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Bradford | 34.4 | 40 | Below average -0.41 | 47% | 2.82 | 26.2 |
School name and type
Washington Academy
(Academy)
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Sunderland | 34.3 | 41 | Well below average -0.56 | 20% | 2.82 | 25.9 |
School name and type
Havant Academy
(Academy)
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Hampshire | 34 | 42 | Well below average -0.61 | 9% | 2.78 | 26.9 |
School name and type
Lealands High School
(Maintained school)
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Luton | 34 | 42 | Well below average -0.61 | 36% | 3.05 | 26.7 |
School name and type
Spires Academy
(Academy)
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Kent | 33.9 | 44 | Well below average -0.6 | 28% | 2.83 | 26.8 |
School name and type
Merchants' Academy
(Academy)
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Bristol, City of | 33.6 | 45 | Well below average -0.68 | 33% | 2.8 | 26.7 |
School name and type
Central Academy
(Academy)
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Birmingham | 31.8 | 46 | Well below average -0.81 | 34% | 2.57 | 26.9 |
School name and type
Chaucer School
(Academy)
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Sheffield | 29.7 | 47 | Well below average -1.02 | 2% | 2.21 | 26.3 |
School name and type
The E-Act Burnham Park Academy
(Academy)
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Buckinghamshire | 29.3 | 48 | Well below average -1.12 | 11% | 2.41 | 27 |
School name and type
Harewood College
(Academy)
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 28.3 | 49 | Well below average -1.05 | 74% | 2.52 | 26.6 |
School name and type
Durham Community Business College for Technology and Enterprise
(Maintained school)
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County Durham | 26.8 | 50 | Well below average -1.2 | 35% | 2.31 | 26.5 |
School name and type
Gloucester Academy
(Academy)
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Gloucestershire | 26.5 | 51 | Well below average -1.36 | 36% | 2.23 | 26.4 |
School name and type
Sir Frank Whittle Studio School
(Academy)
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Leicestershire | 23.7 | 52 | -1.61 | 0% | 1.68 | 26.8 |
School name and type
Plymouth School of Creative Arts
(Academy)
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Plymouth | 23.2 | 53 | Well below average -1.58 | 3% | 1.64 | 26.6 |
School name and type
TEC Partnership
(College)
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North East Lincolnshire | 23 | 54 | -1.56 | 1% | 1.79 | 26.8 |
School name and type
EKC Group
(College)
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Kent | 6.5 | 55 | -3.2 | 0% | 0.39 | 27.2 |
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School name and type
Walton Academy
(Academy)
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Lincolnshire | 51.4 | -- opens a popup | Well above average 0.98 | 40% | 4.58 | 27.3 |
- Academy - government funded but run by an academy trust rather than a local authority.
- College - colleges generally are focused on the 16 to 18 phase of education and provide vocational as well as academic courses. Some colleges also provide for full-time study at key stage 4.
- Independent school - privately funded.
- Maintained school - government funded and run by a local authority.
- Special school - schools that specialise in educating pupils with special educational needs.
Schools get a score based on how well pupils have performed in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate opens in a new window qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications opens in a new window .
This is a ranking within the group of schools in the list, based on the Attainment 8 score.
This score shows how much progress pupils at this school made between the end of key stage 2 and the end of key stage 4, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 2. This is based on results in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate opens in a new window qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications opens in a new window .
In a small number of cases, pupils can have extremely negative progress scores that disproportionately affect a school’s overall progress score. To reduce the impact of these extreme scores, we set a limit on how negative a pupil’s progress score can be when calculating the school average. This will normally apply to 1 or 2 pupils per school, if any. Where a pupil’s score is more negative than this minimum value, an adjusted score will replace the pupil’s original progress score for the purpose of calculating a school’s overall progress average.
A score above zero means pupils made more progress, on average, than pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 2.
A score below zero means pupils made less progress, on average, than pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 2.
A negative progress score does not mean pupils made no progress, or the school has failed, rather it means pupils in the school made less progress than other pupils across England with similar results at the end of key stage 2.
Detailed guide to Progress 8 opens in a new window - for more information about how the Progress 8 score is calculated.
Pupils included in a school's Progress 8 score
Pupils who have no key stage 2 results (for example, those arriving at secondary school from an independent school or abroad) are not included in the Progress 8 measure. See the Secondary Accountability Measures opens in a new window guidance for more information
Schools and colleges not covering full Progress 8 period
Some schools start educating pupils partway through the 5-year period covered by Progress 8, which should be taken into account when comparing their results with schools that start at Key Stage 3. Progress 8 is not the most appropriate performance measure for university technical colleges, studio schools and some further education colleges. These establishments typically start educating pupils at age 14, with a focus on preparing pupils for their future careers by providing an integrated academic and professional education. Other headline measures, particularly pupil destinations, are more important for these establishments.
A pupil is considered to have entered for the English Baccalaureate if they entered for qualifications in English, maths, sciences, a language and either history or geography. The English Baccalaureate opens in a new window (EBacc) is not a test or qualification; it is a measure used to provide information about a particular range of qualifications.
University technical colleges, studio schools and some further education colleges with key stage 4 provision provide a specialist technical and professional education. It is not appropriate to expect the same rates of EBacc entry from these types of schools and colleges. They should decide on a case-by-case basis whether their specialist curriculum is compatible with the full EBacc.
The EBacc APS calculates a pupil's average point scores across the 5 pillars of the English Baccalaureate, allocating points to a pupil's best grades and dividing by 6 (the science grades count in 2 pillars, meaning a total of 6 pillars) to create an average point score per pupil. This measure is an average across the subjects (i.e. we divide the total by 6) and so is on a different scale to Attainment 8 which we calculated by simply awarding points score across 8 qualifications (without dividing the total).
This measure is based on the better result of either English language or English literature when both subjects are taken, maths, the best 2 results from the single sciences (3 out of 4 must be taken), or results from the combined science, the better result from either geography or history and the best result in languages.
For more information about how the EBacc average point score is calculated view the detailed guide to EBacc APS opens in a new window .
The average of the points score for all pupils at the end of key stage 2, based on teacher assessment for writing and test results in reading and maths.
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