The Beacon School

Horrible school teachers have no manners students are the worse yet due to miss Ramsey and grant duffs hairline

The schools so bad family members of the teachers in the school have to come and work here as the school has none want to work for them

Do not recommend for anyone if you want your child to be bullied then let them come to this awful tragic excuse for a school x

I would like to come on here and say I am a victim of Ramsey she walks around with two black eyes and broken nose I have been brutally assaulted by this woman she rapidly struts down the hallways and screaming commands at the children like there peasants children that shall remain unnamed have been suspended because she can’t bear to look at a rolled skirt she can’t straighten the back of her hair and she drives a blue mini thinking she hard. Every morning she wakes up and her daily dose of fun is chasing little kids and going into the toilets while people are doing there business but overall grant duff is a magistic creature who will forever have a special place in my heart keep it up grant duff.

Terrible school!
I went to this school and for years I was mistreated by both staff and students. As a black student I was subject to a lot of bullying not only by my peers but by a few my teachers. Often being singled out, I recall a scenario where a teacher called me 'that coloured thing over there' I raised this with my other teachers and my head teacher and they told me it doesn't matter. I was pretty quiet and awkward, my music teacher would often join in in laughing at me. Again, I told my head teacher and nothing. My English teacher telling me he never expected me to get an A* because I'm African and wouldn't understand English (Mind you I was born in England, as were my parents and I'm Jamaican by heritage)
My peers would make fun of me in class saying I was ugly because in black, they would kill be because I was black, they don't like black people and hate sitting next to me. From what I know, the school is still predominantly white. All I can do is hope and pray that they pay attention to their minority students. These are the years that shape young children and how it carries on into adulthood. I am not the only one with these experiences and I speak to many that have had worse experiences. Beacon should be ashamed of themselves. ONTOP of that, the rubbish grades they pump out, I'm glad I got out of there with the grades I did, I'm surprised they're still a school!

honestly where could i start
i would rather eat the toes of a heavily
autistic monkey than go
my nan spent around 10 mins there and never recovered since she keeps doing kartwheels down the stairs taking the micky now

i was in p.e one time and like i was in girls p.e even though i am male, this was due to bullying from the males in the school that the school did nothing to help. so like the girl (we were friends) throws a volley ball at me as a joke and i throw it back and i accidentally throw it at her face. i took accountability for the poor throw by the way. and she got all mad and was like u did that on purpose how dare u and this girl pushes me and slaps me on my back which left a mark. and she goes to a teacher and tells her that i smacked her on the face. and her friends are telling everyone that i slapped her and stuff and im like 🤨 so anyway i get called to do statement and they trynna get me to say that it was my fault and they trynna blame ME. it was rooted in homophobia like it was so obvious ☺️. and a few people who saw what happend are defending me and they also made statement. there were 3 people defending the girl and 8 people defending me. all had made statements. so the teacher was telling the people defending me off cus they were trynna tell her what was happening. so a while goes by and then i have a meeting and they telling me that im gunna be suspended and i was like girl- what and they were saying that i was wrong. i said that they are literally defending the minority of people against me who dont even have a set story cus they keep changing it every 5 MINUTES. so like the teacher wasnt even in the room and the majority of people who say said what actually happend and they still belive these 3 girls who said i slapped the main girl even though there was no slap mark just a round ball shape mark. they said that this incident would go on my record (it did not due to them being proved wrong and legal action being threatened against the school) and they never even listend to me they never even got someone to talk to me about it i literally had to write on a paper and wait for that meeting. she was eventually proved wrong and she got no punishment but i still had to serve 2 hours detention for nothing. im still mad. the teacher works in the pe department thats all im saying ☺️.

Poor behaviour, teachers who can't control classes.
Dirty environment and unsafe.

One of the worst school. Computer department is the worst. Teachers don't teach.

Awful school, failed my child, I had to involve the police as my child was physically assaulted twice which was later shared on social media. Think carefully before trusting them with your child's safety.

The teachers don’t control the students

I joined Beacon as a student in late 2021 in year 10 after moving house and my old school being too far (i’m now in year 11 about to leave)

The teachers are amazing and it is easy to tell that they all care about the students and want them to do well, most will go the extra mile to offer support to those who are struggling which is something that was not true for my old school. I have noticed my performance academically has increased and I am predicted mostly 6s and above in my gcses when I was struggling to pass before joining the school.

However the behaviour from some kids is awful and it is not dealt with properly. When I first joined the school there were very often physical fights between students in all years and huge crowds of kids would film and watch these fights. The kids involved would rarely face harsh consequences and would generally get away with this behaviour. I must say that this has improved and since the new head has joined things have turned around, these fights are far less common

There is quite a few bullies and mean kids but i’ve found if you stay away from these people you will not find yourself involved in anything

One thing that is great about this school is the mental health support. I have struggled with panic attacks throughout my time at school and the staff have always been very patient and understanding with me when I am in these situations. They put my mental health before my schoolwork and make me feel very safe

Overall Beacon is an average school, it definitely needs improvement in terms of responding to poor behaviour but they have come a long way since I first joined so hopefully they will turn it around completely

Going to this school has given me nothing but traumatic experiences. Having ADHD, and autism and on top of it all as well as being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, it has been so difficult to go to this school. The staff as well as the other students have been nothing but unkind towards me during my schooling here. Even when I had made complaints against other students bullying me, and when there were staff present during some of these instances of bullying and harassment, nothing was done about it. The staff have been proven to ignore a lot of the students who were in need of genuine help, and many of the instructors didn't quite teach coherently, and they were very impatient especially with me and other kids like me with ADHD. I wish I had never chosen to go to this school but I didn't have much of a choice. Honestly if you're thinking about putting your child in this school I strongly urge you to reconsider, as this school has been proven to absolutely break your mental health and could most likely institutionalize you. I don't know how this school is running, but it should be shut down as soon as humanly possible and reevaluated. thank you

the school I don't recommend its not good my child came home crying when she went to west blocked toilets it said kill yourself on the mirror and she has bpd and she had to go hospital cause of year 10s kept bullying her and threatened to hurt her and people outside of school vaping doing drugs on the A217 is a massive disgrace i am a mother of 3 young kids and this school is full of dealers and even 2 teachers smoking on a private road is disgraceful i have never been so grim like grant duffs hair line that they couldn't deal with this I'm so ashamed that my child is in a bad school and that no one takes bullying serious that people end there life's for this and the beacon is just a bad school

This school did nothing for our child who started in 2022. It was awful and I literally mean awful. There was such lack of support. No follow up meetings. All talk about putting plans in place that did not come to fruition. In fact it was timely as the issues we were facing was around the time the Ofsted report became available and we could almost tick every box to say yes that has happened etc. In the end as we were so let down by the school and its support staff we managed to get a place in another school. I cannot believe how the behaviour is so bad in the Beacon given the area it is located in. My other child who went there did well, but said that the Ofsted report accurately described the goings on of the school. Shocking to think we put our children in the care of a school and they have to encounter the goings on of the Beacon School, Banstead.

Very bad. The teachers are always biased towards the students that misbehave and award them for doing the bare minimum in lessons, when other students (who are much more well behaved) could be spending their time doing extra work, yet would not receive any type of award. There’s always fights breaking out around the school and you literally cannot feel safe in school. Students don’t receive equal opportunities either.

My experience of the Beacon school was interesting
- Bullying
Bullying at this school is 100% present. The Ofsted report showed that bullying was attended to, but everybody knows the punishment for poor behaviour when Ofsted inspections are happening is always ramped up so people behave.

I was witness to a boy, who for probably 8 years of his life was bullied every single day, with the teachers turning a blind eye and in some cases laughing. I also was bullied by a number of people, fortunately I came out on top, but I know there's a large majority of students here who will be suffering in silence.

- Fights
Whilst I was at the Beacon fights didn't occur regularly, and if they did they were dealt with promptly by the teachers who were attentive. The ones who cover the lunch periods for the overtime (I know this as a teacher had told me) money more than likely turn a blind eye.

I personally was attacked in a classroom on one occasion by a member of the group of people bullying me, scratches and marks all along my throat. The headteacher (not the current one) at the time of this incident handled it immediately, but the same kid was in the same classes, same form tuition group. During incident, good. Post incident, not great handling.

- Unfair treatment of good, hard working kids
It seems to be a common theme within schools to overly reward the terribly behaved kids when they do one thing good. I know it's an initiative in order to make them work better overall but the optics of every situation are terrible. Good behaving children in the school grounds aren't rewarded, there's no incentive to behave so they will crack on. Poorly behaved kids will go to Isolation once in every while or couple of days, and then they'll go to Thorpe park on a massive trip as there's a government initiative to try and improve them. They all still ended up either in Jail or Pregnant anyway so was utterly pointless.

- Classroom Conditions
Terribly upkept, need major investment. Flaky paint everywhere and chipped paint. Carpets weren't good, wooden floors are in terrible condition. The science and tech block floors were old and horrible - Needs major, major investment


- Canteen or "Bistro" conditions
Food quality on a steady decline, we were told at the time by the staff that they profit share in the bistro - Make of that what you will.

- Teaching
Some really great teachers, some terrible teachers - Like in every school. Terrible teachers, 100% memorable for being pure, pure trash.

I have a year 11 child and a year 8 child. There are some amazing teachers who go the extra mile for the children. There are a small minority who are not so great but I guess you get that in any school. The SEN support is very good and they really do care about the well-being and education of the children with additional needs. Unfortunately there has been a very difficult intake of children last year who have made school miserable for the rest of the children but the new head seems determined and able to either turn their behaviour around or get rid of them so the other children can learn in a safe, calm environment. I really hope he succeeds as it is a great school with a lot of strengths.

I joined the beacon school in October of 2021 as a year 10 as I had to leave my old school. The school is ok not bad I quickly made friends but there is also quite a few “bullies” but if you stay away from them you should be ok. There are quite a few physical fights but mostly between the same few individuals in the younger years. Best thing to do is stay away from those people as well.

I wouldn’t recommend the school to those who are apart of the lgbtqia+ community as there is quite a lot of homophobic and transphobic slurs said despite the fact they do a lot of awareness on these topics. I don’t believe it is a safe environment

I suffer from quite bad anxiety and severe panic attacks. The “link” is the pastoral support building along with first aid and all my interactions with them have been amazing, they never get mad at me and always make sure i’m ok and let me sit in a quiet room to calm down and give me resources to help. I feel very understood and safe with the staff in this department

The lessons are pretty good pretty much the same as most other schools

Overall this school is average. I feel like the school has the students best interests at heart although sometimes this causes them to give the mean students too many chances and are too lenient

My review is bad because as a stub dent there is many physical fights drama and arguments since the start of school there has been many bullying examples which the teacher has not helped there are many students who do self harm have anxiety or autism and not only they not help with that but they don’t even try to at a school I expect it to be calm and peaceful but obviously this school can’t do that but if u are into fights drama and people making others feel bad about themselves this might be the school for you.

The school has seriously deteriorated since my eldest child attended. The new strict policies of detention for the smallest of incidents are laughable! There is no communication between the parents and teachers and when They do it is condescending and demeaning to the child. Would I send my children to this school….Definitely not! Lunch queues are an absolute joke… So most of the week lunch is missed??? How can children possibly concentrate on empty stomachs? Seriously need to think of their procedures…Escorting them to use the bathroom? Prison or school?
Recommend not at all!!!!

i dont like it at all. holly povah is amazing beautiful and smart young lady , barely learned anything. dont come!