Beal High School, Ilford

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Beal High School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard, 4 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well across the breadth of subjects."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils attend school very regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum that sets high expectations for all pupils."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Pupils with a wide range of needs feel included in day‑to‑day school life."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the school's strengths and the areas that need further work."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils learn how to stay safe, healthy and be prepared for life beyond school."

Post 16 provision - Needs attention. "Teaching in the sixth form is more variable than in the rest of the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should fully implement their strategies to improve the quality of teaching and achievement in the post-16 provision. Leaders at all levels must maintain their robust oversight of this work to ensure that planned improvements are enacted swiftly"; "Leaders should ensure all aspects of the planned personal development curriculum are implemented consistently so that pupils develop a greater understanding of the world around them. Leaders should also review the wider enrichment offer so that pupils benefit from a broader range of opportunities and experiences"; "The school should ensure that assessment is used consistently so that pupils are fully supported to understand how to make progress in different subjects".

In its own words: "We work alongside colleagues, parents and carers to ensure that our students benefit from a breadth of curriculum opportunities to learn and thrive as members of both our campus and local communities. We engender a positive learning culture where young people can aspire, be challenged and excel in an atmosphere of safety and purpose."

In 2026, pupils at Beal High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55.7 in Redbridge and 47 across England.

62% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 63% in Redbridge and 47% in England.

That is up from 52 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.62: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 46.2, against 56.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 199 families put Beal High School as their first choice and 926 named it as one of their preferences, for 343 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Beal High School are Caterham High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.2); Wanstead High School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 56.9); Valentines High School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 57.3); and Ilford County High School (1.2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 77).

Beal High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Beal High School is one of 3 schools run by Beacon Multi-Academy Trust Limited, an academy trust.

Of the 356 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 9% to a further education college and 0% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 377 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 71% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 9% into work. 15% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

35.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (74%), Mixed (7%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 172 pupils (6.6%) received SEN support and 74 (2.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Beal High School has a resourced provision for autism: 42 places, 28 pupils on roll.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Redbridge Station, about 1140 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodford Bridge Road, 220 metres away.

In 2024/25, Beal High School issued 136 suspensions, 5.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Beal High School are Redbridge Primary School (0.3 miles), Parkhill Junior School (0.5 miles), Parkhill Infants' School (0.5 miles) and Glade Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.