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Beaconsfield High School

Field	Value
name	Beaconsfield High School
coordinates
motto	Disciplina et Doctrina (Discipline and Principles)
type	Grammar school;
Academy
head_label	Headteacher
head	Tina Bond
address	Wattleton Road
city	Beaconsfield
county	Buckinghamshire
country	England
postcode	HP9 1RR
local_authority	Buckinghamshire
ofsted	yes
urn	140893
staff	103
enrolment	1,098
gender	Girls
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
colours	Royal Blue
website	http://www.beaconsfieldhigh.bucks.sch.uk/

Academy

Beaconsfield High School is a girls' grammar school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The school teaches girls between the ages of 11 and 18. Admission is based on the 11+ examination. 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 12 new classrooms, a computer room, a new canteen and a new common room.{{cite web |url-status=dead

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.{{cite web |url-status=dead

In 2008 it achieved a 100% pass rate at GCSE with an average of 502 points per candidate, and a 100% pass rate at A Level with an average points score of 397 per candidate. As of 2012, the school obtained the best A-level results in Buckinghamshire.

The school is also one of only 45 schools to be rated 'Exceptional' by Ofsted in 2019.

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. 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 retired in 2022. She was succeeded by Tina Bond, who was previously Acting Head Teacher in her capacity as Deputy Head.

Alumni

Simone Ashley, actress
Serena Evans, actress
Catherine Little, civil servant
Beth Rigby, journalist
Jane Treays, documentary maker
Melanie Windridge, physicist
Lauren Torley, rugby union player

References

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References

(10 August 2010). "Head teacher forced out of new role by student Facebook campaign". The Telegraph.
"Head's Update".
Outhwaite, Jenna. (2022-11-02). "Bridgerton star Simone Ashley's life growing up on Berkshire border".
"Catherine Little CB".
(May 2019). "Sky's Beth Rigby: The woman shaking up Westminster".
"Becky High Alumni".
(26 August 1998). "Buckinghamshire Advertiser".
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Wikipedia Source

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