Special free school · Herefordshire, County of
The Beacon College
- Special
- Ages 16–19
- Sixth form
Term dates
Special free schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Herefordshire, County of council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places at special schools are usually arranged through an education, health and care (EHC) plan, agreed with the council.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 16 April 2024. Overall: Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Special free school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- 16–19
- Pupils
- 39 (capacity 60)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- ACCORDIA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Phone
- 01432353204
- Address
- Eastnor Drive, Hereford, HR1 1NZ
- Website
- thebeaconcollege.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.