# The Beacon School - Independent Boys' Preparatory School The Beacon School is an independent preparatory school for boys aged 4-13, located in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. We provide a nurturing and challenging environment that fosters academic excellence, holistic development, and a strong sense of community. ## Main Page * [Home Page](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/) ## Contact Information * [Contact Us](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/contact-us/) ## About Us * [About Us](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/about-us/) * [After The Beacon](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/about-us/after-the-beacon/) * [Inspections Reviews](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/about-us/inspections-reviews/) * [Our Journey](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/about-us/our-journey/) * [Staff And Governance](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/about-us/staff-and-governance/) * [Governors](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/about-us/staff-and-governance/governors/) * [The Beacon Prospectus](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/about-us/the-beacon-prospectus/) * [Values Principles](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/about-us/values-principles/) * [Virtual Tour](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/about-us/virtual-tour/) ## Admissions * [Admissions](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/admissions/) * [Fees Bursaries](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/admissions/fees-bursaries/) * [Bursaries](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/admissions/fees-bursaries/bursaries/) * [Register](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/admissions/register/) * [School Transport](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/admissions/school-transport/) * [Stay Play Registration September 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/admissions/stay-play-registration-september-2025/) * [Visit Us](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/admissions/visit-us/) * [Individual Tour](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/admissions/visit-us/individual-tour/) * [Wrap Around Care Clubs](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/admissions/wrap-around-care-clubs/) * [Scholarships At The Beacon 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/scholarships-at-the-beacon-2024/) * [Stay Play Registration June 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/stay-play-registration-june-2025/) ## Academic * [Beaconx Exam Prep Course](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/beaconx-exam-prep-course/) * [Early Years Reception Teacher](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/jobs/early-years-reception-teacher/) * [A Merry Pre Prep Christmas](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/a-merry-pre-prep-christmas/) * [Beacon Bard Of The Year 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/beacon-bard-of-the-year-2025/) * [Academic](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/academic/) * [Pre Prep](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/pre-prep/) * [Prep](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/prep/) * [Pre Prep Sports Day 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/pre-prep-sports-day-2025/) * [Pre Prep Spring Concert 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/pre-prep-spring-concert-2025/) * [Pre Prep Wild Science Visit](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/pre-prep-wild-science-visit/) * [Year 1 Whipsnade Zoo Trip 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-1-whipsnade-zoo-trip-2025/) * [Year 2 Chiltern Open Air Museum Trip 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-2-chiltern-open-air-museum-trip-2025/) * [Year 2 Spring Showcase 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-2-spring-showcase-2025/) * [Year 4 Dragon Days Show](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-4-dragon-days-show/) * [Year 4 Mastercook Competition 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-4-mastercook-competition-2025/) * [Year 4 Trip To Woodrow High House](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-4-trip-to-woodrow-high-house/) * [Year 4 Viking Day 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-4-viking-day-2025/) * [Year 5 Mastercook Final 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-5-mastercook-final-2025/) * [Year 5 Pgl Trip 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-5-pgl-trip-2025/) * [Year 5 Ufton Court Trip](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-5-ufton-court-trip/) * [Year 6 Explore Ancient Sites In St Albans](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-6-explore-ancient-sites-in-st-albans/) * [Year 6 Mastercook Competition 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-6-mastercook-competition-2025/) * [Year 6 Trip To Newquay 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-6-trip-to-newquay-2025/) * [Year 7 Trip To The Lake District 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-7-trip-to-the-lake-district-2025/) * [Year 8 Bletchley Park Trip](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-8-bletchley-park-trip/) * [Year 8 Mastercook Competition 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-8-mastercook-competition-2025/) * [Year 8 Portsmouth Dockyard Trip 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-8-portsmouth-dockyard-trip-2025/) * [Year 8 Residential To Les Orres 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/year-8-residential-to-les-orres-2025/) * [Pre Prep](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/pre-prep/) * [Reception](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/pre-prep/reception/) * [Years 1 2](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/pre-prep/years-1-2/) * [Prep](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/prep/) * [Lower School](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/prep/lower-school/) * [Middle School](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/prep/middle-school/) * [Future Sparks Programme](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/prep/middle-school/future-sparks-programme/) * [Upper School](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/prep/upper-school/) * [Shining Future Programme](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/prep/upper-school/shining-future-programme/) ## Beyond the Classroom (Co-Curricular) * [Performing Arts Teacher](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/jobs/performing-arts-teacher/) * [Creative Arts](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/creative-arts/) * [Performing Arts](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/performing-arts/) * [Sport](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/sport/) * [Trips](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/trips/) * [Music Maestro Brian Wilson Dies Aged Eighty Two](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/music-maestro-brian-wilson-dies-aged-eighty-two/) * [Sports Day 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-day-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 11 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-11-2024/) * [Sports Highlights Week 12 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-12-2024/) * [Sports Highlights Week 15 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-15-2024/) * [Sports Highlights Week 16 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-16-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 17 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-17-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 18 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-18-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 19 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-19-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 20 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-20-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 21 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-21-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 22 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-22-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 23 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-23-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 24 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-24-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 27 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-27-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 28 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-28-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 29 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-29-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 30 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-30-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 31 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-31-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 32 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-32-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 33 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-33-2025/) * [Sports Highlights Week 35 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sports-highlights-week-35-2025/) * [The Beacon Art Exhibition 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/the-beacon-art-exhibition-2024/) * [The Beacon Art Exhibition 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/the-beacon-art-exhibition-2025/) ## News & Events * [News](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/) * [1940S 50S 60S Alumni Lunch](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/1940s-50s-60s-alumni-lunch/) * [A Menace To Global Shipping](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/a-menace-to-global-shipping/) * [Ai In Engineering](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/ai-in-engineering/) * [Ambassadors Behind The Scenes](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/ambassadors-behind-the-scenes/) * [Archie Dobsons War Performance](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/archie-dobsons-war-performance/) * [Autumn Term Magazine 2023](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/autumn-term-magazine-2023/) * [Autumn Term Magazine 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/autumn-term-magazine-2024/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 10 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-10-2024/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 11 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-11-2024/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 12 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-12-2024/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 13 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-13-2024/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 14 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-14-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 15 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-15-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 16 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-16-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 17 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-17-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 18 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-18-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 19 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-19-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 20 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-20-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 21 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-21-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 22 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-22-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 23 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-23-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 24 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-24-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 25 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-25-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 26 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-26-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 28 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-28-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 29 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-29-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 30 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-30-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 31 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-31-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 32 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-32-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 33 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-33-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 34 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-34-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 35 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-35-2025/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog Week 9 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bakers-beacon-blog-week-9-2024/) * [Balancing Efficiency With Ethics](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/balancing-efficiency-with-ethics/) * [Battlefields Bound Beacon Boys Explore Ww1 History](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/battlefields-bound-beacon-boys-explore-ww1-history/) * [Bbc Young Reporters 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bbc-young-reporters-2025/) * [Beacons Got Talent](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/beacons-got-talent/) * [Beaconverse Episode 20 Leadership](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/beaconverse-episode-20-leadership/) * [Beaconverse Episode 21 Festival Of Words](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/beaconverse-episode-21-festival-of-words/) * [Beaconverse Episode 22 Qa With Nick Baker](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/beaconverse-episode-22-qa-with-nick-baker/) * [Beaconverse Episode 23 Sister Act](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/beaconverse-episode-23-sister-act/) * [Behind The Knock](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/behind-the-knock/) * [Bps Summer Ball 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bps-summer-ball-2025/) * [Bulletin Summer Term 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/bulletin-summer-term-2024/) * [Alumni](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/alumni/) * [Events](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/events/) * [Lower School](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/lower-school/) * [Middle School](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/middle-school/) * [Nursery](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/nursery/) * [Themed Day](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/themed-day/) * [Uncategorised](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/uncategorised/) * [Bbc Young Reporters](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/uncategorised/bbc-young-reporters/) * [Upper School](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/upper-school/) * [Whole School](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/category/whole-school/) * [Caught On Camera](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/caught-on-camera/) * [Childrens Resilience Down](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/childrens-resilience-down/) * [Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-jr/) * [Class Of 1999 2000 2001 Reunion](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/class-of-1999-2000-2001-reunion/) * [Class Of 2020 Reunion](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/class-of-2020-reunion/) * [Come Dine With Us 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/come-dine-with-us-2025/) * [Developments At The Beacon 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/developments-at-the-beacon-2024/) * [Easter Hat Parade 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/easter-hat-parade-2025/) * [Facts Facts Facts](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/facts-facts-facts/) * [Festival Of Words 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/festival-of-words-2025/) * [Five Years Post Brexit The Travel Nightmare Continues](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/five-years-post-brexit-the-travel-nightmare-continues/) * [From Grassroots To Greatness](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/from-grassroots-to-greatness/) * [Gothic Tales](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/gothic-tales/) * [Has Social Media Killed Traditional Tv](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/has-social-media-killed-traditional-tv/) * [Iaps Ski Championship 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/iaps-ski-championship-2025/) * [In Crust We Trust](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/in-crust-we-trust/) * [Introducing The New Head Boy Team](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/introducing-the-new-head-boy-team/) * [Is Your Fast Food What You Think It Is](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/is-your-fast-food-what-you-think-it-is/) * [Journey To The Past Years 7 8 Explore Pompeii](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/journey-to-the-past-years-7-8-explore-pompeii/) * [Living The Dream](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/living-the-dream/) * [No More Jolly](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/no-more-jolly/) * [Nursery Trip To College Lake 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/nursery-trip-to-college-lake-2025/) * [Old Amersham Poppy Display](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/old-amersham-poppy-display/) * [Private School Children Claim To Be Turned Away By The Nhs](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/private-school-children-claim-to-be-turned-away-by-the-nhs/) * [Reception Trip To College Lake 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/reception-trip-to-college-lake-2025/) * [Sarah Jane Swimming The Channel](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/sarah-jane-swimming-the-channel/) * [Shock Impact Of Covid Student Grades Have Gone Up](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/shock-impact-of-covid-student-grades-have-gone-up/) * [Ski Trip Adventures In France 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/ski-trip-adventures-in-france-2025/) * [Speech Day 2024](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/speech-day-2024/) * [Speech Day 2025](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/speech-day-2025/) * [Stem Week](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/stem-week/) * [Stuck In Time](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/stuck-in-time/) * [The Beacon Bulletin Copy](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/the-beacon-bulletin-copy/) * [The First Iaps Mastercook Competition](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/the-first-iaps-mastercook-competition/) * [The Nhs On Strike](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/the-nhs-on-strike/) * [The Revengers](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/the-revengers/) * [Truth Under Fire](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/truth-under-fire/) * [Bakers Beacon Blog](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/type/bakers-beacon-blog/) * [Events](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/type/events/) * [News](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/type/news/) * [Podcasts](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/type/podcasts/) * [The Bulletin](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/type/the-bulletin/) * [What A Piece Of Work Is A Man](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/what-a-piece-of-work-is-a-man/) * [World War 2 Day](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/news/world-war-2-day/) ## Privacy & Legal * [Policies](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/policies/) * [Privacy Policy](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/privacy-policy/) ## Contact Information * [Website](https://www.beaconschool.co.uk/) * Email: [office@beaconschool.co.uk](mailto:office@beaconschool.co.uk) * Phone: 01494 736500 --- *Last Updated: 2025-07-18*