School report
The New Beacon School
England · Boys only · Ages 2–13 · Day & boarding · 350 pupils
These financial figures relate to the charity that operates the school, which runs more than one school — so they cover the wider group, not this school alone.
At a glance
Latest income
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ScholarInspection
A colour summarising the school's most recent inspection outcome. Different inspectorates (ISI, Ofsted, and the Scottish and Welsh bodies) use different systems, so results from different inspectorates aren't directly comparable.Red
ISI · 2023-05-11
Roll (12 mo)
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Setting
21-acre campus on Brittains Lane, attached to the south-western residential perimeter of Sevenoaks.
Getting there
Inspection & safeguarding
Latest outcome: not all met
An inspection found safeguarding not effective. This is shown prominently and is never hidden.
Inspected under ISI’s previous graded framework (before September 2023); shown on the current met/not-met standards basis for comparability.
- Regulator
- ISI
- Band
- Red
- Report date
- 2023-05-11
- Report age
- 3.1 years
Inspectorates use different scales, so bands are shown only within their own regime, never cross-mapped.
Fees
Fees
What The New Beacon School publishes for 2026/27 — the advertised price, before any bursary or scholarship.
| Day | Boarding | |
|---|---|---|
| Prep | £25,665 /yr ≈ £8,555/term | — |
Termly figures are the annual fee ÷ 3. Source: the school's fee page ↗
Fee history
Day fees have risen +48.8% since 2021/22 — from £17,250 to £25,665 in 2026/27. Latest figure includes VAT. See the full six-year trend below.
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Pupil body
The current roll at a glance.
280 boys · 4 girls · 284 on roll
Source: Department for Education, Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics 2025/26 (England).
Age profile
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Where leavers go
Senior schools this prep sends its pupils to.
Leavers have gone on to 25 named senior schools.
Including Ardingly College, Bede's Senior School, Beechwood and more.
Year 6/11+ · Year 8/13+ · latest 2026
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Recruitment & staffing
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Where these figures come from, and how complete they are.
- Financial source
- Charity Commission (England & Wales)
- Detail level
- Parsed from full accounts
- Latest accounts
- 2025-06-30
- Years on record
- 5
- Accounts age
- 11 months
- Pupil numbers
- 350 (inspection:ISI)
- Components
- Income components reconcile
- Entity scope
- Group of 2 schools
Pupil–teacher ratio: not published — independent schools aren’t in the DfE workforce census, and filed accounts don’t separate teaching staff.
Capital trend: only one year of capital spend is on record, so a multi-year under-investment signal can’t be computed yet.
Computed 2026-06-20 · pipeline ct-derived-1.0.0. Indicators, not verdicts — each is traceable to its source.
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