Beauchamps High School

Beauchamps High School, locally known as Beauchamps, is a mixed intake secondary school and sixth form college for students aged between 11 and 18 (school years 7 to 13) in Wickford, Essex, England. The sixth form offers post 16 education for students aged 16-18 and accepts both former Beauchamps students and students educated at other establishments. The school includes a fairly diverse student population, consisting primarily of British nationals and a small ethnic minority. The current headteacher of the school is Mr. Robert "Winkle" Hodges.

History

The name 'Beauchamps' is French for beautiful fields. The school is located in the town of Wickford in Essex, England, and moved to its present site in 1959. The school was called Beauchamps Grant Maintained School until 1995, when its name was changed to Beauchamps High School. In 2003 it acquired a specialist status as a Business and Enterprise school, and in 2008 it obtained a Vocational status.

Academics

 

According to the school's website, in 2007, 60% of A-level passes were at Grades A to C, and 86% of students (a new school record) achieved 5 GCSEs at Grades A* to C. The School was given an outstanding report by Ofsted in December 2006.

In 2010 the trends continue to improve with 92% of students achieving 5 GCSEs grades A*-C and a 98% pass rate (66% A-C) at A-level which are vast improvements on previous records.

Despite the improvement is grades, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection found the school to be a grade lower than the previous inspection with 'good' and the sixth form only achieving satisfactory. This change has come about since the change of headship.

Alumni

• Andy Coulson – former editor of the News of the World
• Rhys Thomas – comedy actor/writer
• Tony Way – comedy actor/writer