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Becket Keys CofE School

Comprehensive

National rank

323

295

Rank last year

56.6^%

A-level

29.3^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Andy Scott-Evans

Attendance 95.5%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 18.2% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,156

Pupils on free school meals 10.9%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

5.8

14.6

36.2

A*/A

20.4

A*-B

56.6

Grade

9/8

13.3

9/8/7

29.3

What the school inspection says

“Becket Keys is a school where pupils flourish academically, socially and spiritually. Strong relationships with staff, and excellent pastoral support, mean that pupils feel valued and well looked after. The school’s Christian ethos is at the heart of everything it does. Pupils live out the Gospel values to ‘love one another’, treating others with care and respect. Pupils benefit from an exceptional quality of education. They enjoy work that challenges them to think deeply and apply their knowledge. Teachers have high expectations, and pupils rise to meet them. The school has high academic expectations for their pupils. [Its] approach to inclusion is explemary. Pupils with Send are swiftly identified and benefit from expert support. They access the full curriculum alongside their peers and achieve exceptionally well.”

Inspection

2025

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

Becket Keys opened in 2012 and was the first CofE secondary school to be established as part of the government’s free schools programme.
A revamped £2.5 million sports hall opened in 2018, including Olympic-standard flooring, a 4G AstroTurf grass pitch and tennis courts.
The school runs an impressive itinerary of trips, such as a year 7 bushcraft residential, year 8 language trips to Spain and China, and a surfing adventure in Cornwall.
Pupils are expected to join at least one club from the 80 on offer, which span sports, drama and musical options as well as a crafting club, Warhammer society and gardening.
Students follow a core programme of eight GCSEs, including three sciences, either Mandarin or Spanish, and a humanities subject or religion and philosophy. Among the options available are art, business, computer science, drama, and physical education.

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admissions@becketkeys.org

Telephone

01277 286 600

Website

becketkeys.org

Address

Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood, CM15 9DA

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