Beaconsfield High School

Beaconsfield High School (commonly known as Becky High) is a girls' grammar school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The school takes girls from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 (A-levels). In order to gain admission into Beaconsfield High School, students from Buckinghamshire primary schools are required to take the 11+ examination and score an average of 121/141 across at least one exam, although students who score in the region of 117 will be considered for 'appeal'. The school has approximately 1,100 pupils with around 180 in each year group. The school has around 60 classrooms and built a new 'sixth form area' in 2010 which provided around 12 new classrooms, a fully equipped computer room, a new canteen with a larger seating area and a new common room.[1]

For the school in Quebec, see Beaconsfield High School (Quebec).

Beaconsfield High School/Becky High
Address
Wattleton Road

Beaconsfield
,
Buckinghamshire
,
HP9 1RR

England
Coordinates51°36′14″N 0°38′38″W
Information
TypeGrammar school;
Academy
MottoDisciplina et Doctrina (dare to be remarkable)
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
Department for Education URN140893 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMrs Rachel Smith
Staff103
GenderGirls
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1098
Colour(s)Royal Blue
Websitehttp://www.beaconsfieldhigh.bucks.sch.uk/

Academics

In September 1997, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school specialist school status as a Technology College. It has been awarded a second specialism as a Language College.[2] The school converted to academy status in September 2014.

In the 2008 exam series, it achieved a 100% pass rate at GCSE with an average of 502 points per candidate, and a 100% pass rate at A2 with an average points score of 397 per candidate. As of the 2012 A-Level results, Beaconsfield High School managed to obtain the best A-level results in Buckinghamshire.

Facilities

Beaconsfield High School has three netball courts which are converted into tennis courts in the summer, a 400m athletics track, a fitness gym and a sports hall which was opened in 2005 and can be used for sports such as; indoor hockey, indoor netball, badminton, volleyball, gym, trampolining, indoor athletics and many more.

The school's newly opened sixth form building includes a computer room and the library also provides computers. All of the classrooms have interactive whiteboards to help with videos but also normal, old school whiteboards.

Head Teacher

Penny Castagnoli became the head teacher in 1995 and retired from her post in August 2009. Owain Johns, deputy head and the head of design and technology department was the acting headteacher although the school made a decision to employ Sally Jarrett who was offered the role and then stepped down.[3] From April 2012, Annette France was appointed as headteacher, she retired from her post in 2015. Rachel Smith was appointed headteacher in April 2015 till current date.

Alumni

References
  1. "Schools Directory". Buckinghamshire County Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2006.
  2. "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
  3. Nikkhah, Roya (10 August 2010). "Head teacher forced out of new role by student Facebook campaign". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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