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Beacon of Light School

Alternative provision school · Free schools alternative provision · ages 13 to 16 · Mixed

Vaux Brewery Way, Stadium Park, Sunderland, SR5 1SN

  • Pupils0
  • Ages13 to 16
  • Latest Ofsted19 Sep 2023
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 19 Sep 2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Personal developmentGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 · report published 12 Oct 2023

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
0 (capacity 80)
Eligible for free school meals
0% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
0%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
0%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
0%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
0%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Free schools alternative provision (Free Schools)
Trust
THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
Sponsor
The Laidlaw Schools Trust
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
1 September 2016
Local authority
Sunderland
Parliamentary constituency
Sunderland Central
URN
142882 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).

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