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Bodmin College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Lostwithiel Road, Bodmin PL31 1DD · bodmincollege.co.uk · 0120872114

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
46
average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,236
80% of 1,550 places
Local authority
Cornwall
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.3%
First language not English
6.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Cornwall Education Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 234 families put the school first and 237 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 246 (Places 249)246September 2023: 256 (Places 236)256September 2024: 266 (Places 252)266September 2025: 227 (Places 228)227September 2026: 234 (Places 237)234Places 237
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262372341100%
September 2025Sept 20252282271100%
September 2024Sept 20242522661.1▲94%
September 2023Sept 20232362561.1▲92%
September 2022Sept 20222492461100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46, and 45.4% 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+ (31.7 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: 41.1 (England 46.3)41.12017/18: 41.7 (England 46.5)41.72018/19: 42.3 (England 46.7)42.32021/22: 39.5 (England 48.8)39.52022/23: 37.0 (England 46.3)37.02023/24: 38.6 (England 45.9)38.62024/25: 46.0 (England 46.0)46.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●4646
●45.4%45.4%
●63.0%64.8%
▼11.3%40.5%
▼3.784.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form11.8−38.6
Sixth form college40.4+25
Further education24.9+6
Other education0.4—
Apprenticeship5.7+2.6
Employment2.9−1.5
Not in a lasting destination9+3.7
Activity not captured4.9+2.3

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: 26.2 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 30.6 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 28.6 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 29.3 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 32.6 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 30.4 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 30.2 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 31.7 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
53 studentsC+ (31.7)Average -0.10
54 studentsC (31.6)Average -0.10
36 studentsMerit (24.3)Well below average -0.59
6 studentsDist- (32.2)Average -0.07
13.9%AAB or better
93%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2472C (30.2)-0.02
2022/2373C (30.4)—
2021/2269C+ (32.6)—
2018/1993C (29.3)-0.10
2017/1892C (28.6)-0.25
2016/17113C (30.6)-0.12
2015/16113C- (26.2)-0.12

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University27.1−3.1
Further and other education6.9+3
Further education0.7—
Other education6.3—
Apprenticeship2.8−3.4
Employment34−0.9
Not in a lasting destination20.1−0.1
Activity not captured9+4.3

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Bodmin College on 1 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
1 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formRequires improvement

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2021

Other inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Apr 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Nov 2021Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

37% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (257 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
37%
Replies
257
18% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼49% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼61% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼65% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼63% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼46% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼48% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼39% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼70% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼35% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼40% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼30% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 44% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼22% agreeEngland 67%

based on 75 parents (29%) with SEND

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