Beaumont Leys



Ofsted, Challenge Partners and Performance Tables

Ofsted Inspection May 2025

We were delighted to receive our Ofsted report and see that the four Ofsted inspectors who spent two days in our lessons, playground, corridors and school had judged us so highly.  Having been judged ‘Good’ before for all areas it was great that our successful work had been recognised.

Overall we were judged:

Good for Quality of Education

Outstanding for Behaviour and Attitudes

Outstanding for Personal Development

Outstanding for Leadership and Management

We just missed out on Outstanding for Quality of Education because in the past results have not been consistently high for all students. This is because some students’ attendance has not been high enough for them to excel; when students are in school regularly they achieve very well.

The whole report is very positive and reflects the hard work of our staff and students, but also the important contribution to that success that our parents and governors make.

There are so many positive comments in our report, but my favourites are:

  • Beaumont Leys is a highly inclusive and nurturing school.
  • Staff share a belief that pupils can be successful and be their best selves, whatever their starting point.
  • Pupils enjoy attending this school and feel safe. They talk with enthusiasm about school life.
  • Pupils behave well and are respectful to adults.
  • Pupils benefit from an exceptional curriculum for personal development that is both ambitious and stimulating.
  • Parents and carers overwhelmingly value the work that the school does to support their children. A typical comment from a parent was, ‘The school is a wonderfully supportive place, where staff consistently go above and beyond to help.’
  • The school’s ambitious curriculum is broad and aspirational.
  • Staff present information clearly and demonstrate good subject knowledge.
  • Pupils discuss and write about what they have learned with confidence.
  • The needs of pupils with SEND are identified quickly. Staff receive highly effective training to support these pupils in their learning. As a result, staff meet the social and emotional needs of pupils with SEND well, including by adapting their teaching to support these pupils.
  • Pupils with SEND access the full curriculum and are successful.
  • Reading is a priority across the school... As a result, pupils become fluent and confident readers.
  • The school is tenacious in its approach to promoting attendance.
  • The school teaches pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour. As a result, they behave very well, and learning is not disrupted.
  • Pupils have access to an exceptional programme for personal development.
  • A wide range of extra-curricular opportunities allow pupils to develop new talents and interests.

A comprehensive careers programme prepares pupils well for life beyond school.

Our latest Ofsted Inspection was May 2025. To read the full Ofsted report click here.

To read the previous full inspection from March 2020 click here, September 2016 click here, and from April 2013 click here.

Similar to Ofsted, Challenge Partners look at individual areas as well as the school overall.  In November 2024 they judged the school overall to be LEADING and felt that the school was LEADING in each of the following areas:

  • Leadership at all levels
  • Quality of provision and outcomes
  • Quality of provision and outcomes for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with additional needs

We also received an area of excellence accreditation for our work with our whole school reading strategy: making classrooms inclusive for all.

The full report is available here and below are some highlights:

  • Students say the school 'is a community' and it 'brings people together'.
  • Students are confident and speak highly of their teachers and know the aspirational targets they are aiming for.
  • Students said they 'love the enthusiasm from staff' when learning key knowledge in lessons.
  • A strong careers education programme is mapped out ... and supports students to make wellinformed decisions.
  • Positive attitudes in all lessons demonstrate students' commitment to their learning.
  • Students across the school are compliant and they can participate in lessons free from disruption leading to '100% engagement'.

To read the full Challenge Partners report click here.

The Department for Education produces Performance Tables for all schools. Click here to access ours.