Beaconsfield High School is a girls' grammar school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The school takes girls from the age of 12 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 computer room, a new canteen with a larger seating area and a new common room.[1]
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.
This school is also one of only 45 schools in the United Kingdom to be rated 'Exceptional' by Ofsted in 2019.
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 including indoor hockey, indoor netball, badminton, volleyball, gym, trampolining and indoor athletics. There is a multisports astroturf used for hockey, football, tennis and rugby.
Head Teacher
Penny Castagnoli became the head teacher in 1995 and resigned 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] In April 2012 Annette France was appointed as headteacher; she resigned from her post in 2015. Rachel Smith was appointed headteacher in April 2015 until she resigned in 2023.[citation needed] She was succeeded by Tina Bond, who was previously Acting Head Teacher in her capacity as Deputy Head.
Alumni
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Sara Geater FRSA, Head of Production, Drama and Film at Channel 4 from 1987 to 1997, Chief Executive from 2010 to 2014 of Talkback Thames, and Chief Operating Officer since 2015 of All3Media
