The Beacon School, Banstead

The Beacon School

Established	1989
Type	Academy
Religion	Mixed
Headteacher	Ms L.M.A. Croke, B.Ed. (Hons), M.A.
Chair	Mr P Latham
Location	Picquets Way Banstead Surrey SM7 1AG  England Coordinates: 51°18′55″N 0°12′55″W / 51.315214°N 0.215144°W / 51.315214; -0.215144
Local authority	Surrey County Council[1]
Staff	120 (Approx.)
Students	1090[1]
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Colours	Dark Blue (Light Blue - Atlantis) (Purple - Endeavour) (Green - Explorer) (Red - Discovery) free_label_1 =

The Beacon School, Picquets Way, is a mixed academy school located in Banstead, Surrey, United Kingdom.^[1] The school is a specialist media arts college and was equipped with state-of-the-art technology when the school gained its media arts status. The school's headteacher was Lisa Croke,^[1] from 2010-2015. After several years, the school has elected year 13 students to be school prefects who fit the roles of Head Boy, Deputy Head Boy, Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl for 2011.

Uniform

Uniform for boys consists of black trousers, white shirt, tie. Girls' uniform consists of black knee-length skirt or trousers, Beacon blue and white striped blouse, if wearing a skirt they must wear black opaque tights. All students are expected to have a navy blue pullover with Beacon logo in their house colours (Green for Explorer, blue for Atlantis, red for Discovery and Purple for Endeavour) on its left hand breast. Students are not allowed to wear unusual hairstyles, with their hair needing to be deemed a natural shade, or jewellery. During the final half term of the year, the boys are allowed to wear polo shirts that also have the Beacon's logo in their house colour, but girls are still expected to wear their tights if they choose to wear skirts. During this time of the year all students are not expected to wear their jumpers.^[2]

History

The School was previously named Picquets Way school then named Nork Park School. There were two separate buildings. One was open to boys, one to girls. The current name, The Beacon, originates from the beacon lit 1/4 mile away from the current site during the Spanish Armada.

References

External links

• The Beacon School
• Ofsted reports

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