Beal High School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Redbridge, Essex. The school has 2,610 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 9 November 2021). Last inspected 14 April 2026. The Headteacher is Kathryn Burns. The school is administered by Redbridge local authority. It belongs to BEACON MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED. It opened in 1 February 2014.
Applications for places at Beal High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Redbridge). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
52.0
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.62
Progress 8 · 2023-24
59%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
78%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.93
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
88%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
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.