Beauchamps High School
Beauchamps Drive, Wickford, SS11 8LY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Mathew Harper
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Federation
- The Wickford Federation
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,586
- Pupils on roll
- 1,486
- URN
- 115322
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01268735466
About this school
Beauchamps High School is a foundation secondary school in Wickford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,486 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 239 | 229 | 244 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.5 | 47.0 | 48.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.23 +0.05 to +0.41 | -0.02 -0.20 to +0.17 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% | 50.7% | 52.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 75.1% | 73.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 47% | 85.2% | 86.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Beauchamps High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48.5 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.1 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,416 |
| 2023/24 | 1,445 |
| 2024/25 | 1,469 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beauchamps High School compares
Beauchamps High School ranked 24th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 69% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.1 | 8.1% | 14.7% | 1,486 | — |
| The Bromfords School | 35.9 | 8.8% | 26% | 1,181 | 1.5 miles |
| The Sweyne Park School | 44 | 7.8% | 19.9% | 1,429 | 2.7 miles |
| The FitzWimarc School | 45.2 | 7.6% | 15.2% | 1,770 | 3.4 miles |
| The Appleton School | 39.6 | 10.6% | 20.1% | 1,597 | 3.5 miles |
| The Basildon Upper Academy | 28.7 | 20.8% | 47.6% | 847 | 3.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.71%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.11%
- Persistent absence
- 21.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Bromfords School1.5 miles
Secondary · Wickford
-
The Sweyne Park School2.7 miles
Secondary · Rayleigh
-
The FitzWimarc School3.4 miles
Secondary · Rayleigh
-
The Appleton School3.5 miles
Secondary · Benfleet
-
The Basildon Upper Academy3.5 miles
Secondary · Basildon
Other schools in Wickford
- The Bromfords School Secondary
- Abacus Primary School Primary
- Grange Primary School Primary
- Hilltop Infant School Primary
- Hilltop Junior School Primary
- North Crescent Primary School Primary
- Oakfield Primary School Primary
- Runwell Community Primary School Primary
- St Luke's Park Primary School Primary
- The Wickford Church of England School Primary
- Wickford Primary School Primary
- Castledon School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Beauchamps High School teach?
- Beauchamps High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Wickford.
- Who is the headteacher of Beauchamps High School?
- The headteacher of Beauchamps High School is Mr Mathew Harper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Beauchamps High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beauchamps High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Beauchamps High School?
- Beauchamps High School has 1,486 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Beauchamps High School full?
- Beauchamps High School has capacity for 1,586 pupils and 1,486 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Beauchamps High School a faith school?
- No. Beauchamps High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Beauchamps High School a selective school?
- No. Beauchamps High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Beauchamps High School?
- Beauchamps High School is part of the The Wickford Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Beauchamps High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.5 in 2022/23 and 48.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beauchamps High School rank locally?
- Beauchamps High School ranked 24th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 69% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beauchamps High School's absence rate?
- Beauchamps High School's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beauchamps High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beauchamps High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.