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The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit

Alternative provisionAges 5–11Pupil referral unit

Redditch, B98 7UZ · Worcestershire local authority

Redditch’s School Grade D better than 6% of towns in England

How full
8 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
63%
63 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 63% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, April 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B98 7) sold for a median £230,000; Redditch’s is £250,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

9 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
33.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
66.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
11.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
66.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 11%Boys 89%
Its letter

No letter for The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting April 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, September 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in B98 7, the school’s postcode sector

Redditch property prices →
£230,000
median sale, 652 sales in 36 months · Redditch £250,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025B98 7Redditch
B98 7Redditch

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£358K
Semi-detached
£255K
Terraced
£185K
Flat
£135K
B98 7Redditch

Homes in B98 7 sell for a little under Redditch’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

19 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−D−C−B−C−D−C−BB+B−The Beacon Primary Pupil Re…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Redditch, B98 7UZ

The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit: common questions

What is The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (April 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit?

Homes in its postcode sector, B98 7, sold for a median £230,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (652 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Redditch’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.