The Beacon School

Term dates

This school sets its own term dates, which are different from Surrey council's. See the school's own term dates.

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 148 families put this school as their first choice, and 243 places were offered. 148 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• Stagecoach Epsom. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 16 June 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Needs attention

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 16 May 2023. Overall: Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

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

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

959 (capacity 1350)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

GLF SCHOOLS

Phone

01737359103

Address

Picquets Way, Banstead, SM7 1AG

Website

thebeaconschool.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports