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Budehaven Community School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Foundation school

Valley Road, Bude EX23 8DQ · budehaven.cornwall.sch.uk · 01288 353271

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
45.4
average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,145
76% of 1,516 places
Local authority
Cornwall
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
26%
First language not English
2.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Bude Communities' Schools' Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 208 families put the school first and 204 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 193 (Places 193)193September 2023: 182 (Places 182)182September 2024: 202 (Places 203)202September 2025: 218 (Places 209)218September 2026: 208 (Places 204)208Places 204
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262042081▲98%
September 2025Sept 20252092181▲96%
September 2024Sept 20242032021100%
September 2023Sept 2023182182199%
September 2022Sept 20221931931100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.4, and 35.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cornwall it was 45.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 45.0 (England 46.3)45.02017/18: 45.9 (England 46.5)45.92018/19: 44.0 (England 46.7)44.02021/22: 47.2 (England 48.8)47.22022/23: 45.7 (England 46.3)45.72023/24: 43.0 (England 45.9)43.02024/25: 45.4 (England 46.0)45.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●45.446.0
▼35.6%45.4%
▼62.1%64.8%
▼22.0%40.5%
▼3.794.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form23.1−6
Sixth form college29.1+5.5
Further education28.1+1.5
Other education0.5−0.5
Apprenticeship6−0.9
Employment3.5−0.4
Not in a lasting destination5−2.4
Activity not captured4.5+3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 33.8 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 33.7 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 31.9 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 31.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 40.3 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 30.9 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 32.8 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 32.0 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
71 studentsC+ (32)Average -0.07
72 studentsC+ (32.1)Average -0.07
40 studentsDist- (31.7)Average +0.05
11.4%AAB or better
94.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2446C+ (32.8)0.00
2022/2364C (30.9)—
2021/2273B (40.3)—
2018/1977C (31.6)+0.14
2017/1862C+ (31.9)+0.09
2016/1777C+ (33.7)+0.10
2015/1688C+ (33.8)+0.35

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University41−10.1
Further education3.3+1.1
Apprenticeship3.3−1
Employment23−7.4
Not in a lasting destination18+9.3
Activity not captured11.5+8.2

Ofsted

Budehaven Community School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
30 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, May 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • May 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (242 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
70%
Replies
242
21% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼73% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼80% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼58% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼73% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼76% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼62% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼76% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼83% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼63% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼56% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 79% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼44% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 43% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼59% agreeEngland 68%

based on 73 parents (30%) with SEND

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