Beacon Academy
Academy converter primary school in Walsall (Walsall).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Beacon Academy is a primary school located in Walsall. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It is part of the LIGHTHOUSE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Headteacher Claire Chandler.
Enrichment
11 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Book Club
- Choir
- Computing
- Creative Writing
- Dance
- Lego
- Mindfulness
- Music
- Orchestra
- Rounders
- Sewing
Awards
4 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
- Leading Parent Partnership AwardWorking with families
Key facts
- URN
- 151995
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton North East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2025
Governing body (8 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adam Hicken Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Simon Griffiths Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Griffiths | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sheila Hayward | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Claire Chandler | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Samantha-Jane Papadopoulos | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr David Bentley | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Nick Etheridge | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Karen Meredith | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record