Beechen Cliff School
Kipling Avenue, Bath, BA2 4RE
1,232 pupils · 117% of 1,055 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- MIDSOMER NORTON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.7%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 21 September 2023, published 8 November 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 64.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 79.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 67.4% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.49 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 172 | 256 | 421 | 172 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 166 | 165 | 335 | 166 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 174 | 174 | 353 | 174 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 173 | 158 | 350 | 173 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 169 | 185 | 369 | 169 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 173 | 174 | 389 | 173 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 167 | 182 | 394 | 167 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Hayesfield Girls School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Ralph Allen School 2.4 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Saint Gregory's Catholic College 2.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Mark's CofE School 3 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Oldfield School 3.9 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- St Laurence School 7.4 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.