Barr Beacon School

Old Hall Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0RF

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About this school

Barr Beacon School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Walsall, West Midlands. The school has 1,501 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 22 November 2022). Last inspected 22 November 2022. The Executive Headteacher is Kate Hibbs. The school is administered by Walsall local authority. It belongs to MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 July 2011.

School details

Executive Headteacher

Kate Hibbs

Trust

MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Walsall

Gender

Mixed

URN

136885

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Barr Beacon School are handled by the school or the local authority (Walsall). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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