The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. The school complies with Department for Education guidance on what academies should publish. In 2014, the school converted to academy status, as part of the Evolve Multi-academy Trust. The headteacher took up his current post in May 2016; prior to this, he was head of Inspection report: The Beech Academy, 23–24 May 2017 Page 9 of 12 school from September 2013. Beech Academy is a secondary special school for pupils who have a diagnosis of ASC and/or moderate learning difficulties. All pupils have a statement of special educational needs and/or disabilities or an education, health and care plan. A very small group of pupils attend alternative provision at one of the following providers: REAL Education, Chesterfield Community Farm, and CAST. Governors are responsible for an off-site unit, Westfield, which supports pupils with specific anxiety related needs. Approximately two thirds of pupils are disadvantaged. This is more than twice the national average. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds is very low and there are no pupils who speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils who arrive or leave at different times of the school year is high.