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Wadebridge School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Gonvena Hill, Wadebridge PL27 6BU · wadebridge.cornwall.sch.uk · 01208 812881
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,018
- 97% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Wadebridge School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 189 families put the school first and 191 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 191 | 189 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 201 | 201 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 207 | 205 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 206 | 215 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 206 | 206 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.7, and 43.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cornwall it was 45.2, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade C+ (33 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼43.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ●65.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼11.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.65 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.9 | −1.1 |
| Sixth form college | 45.8 | −4.9 |
| Further education | 36.4 | +2.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.1 | −0.4 |
| Employment | 2.3 | +0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.1 | +0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 3.3 | +2.8 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 students | C+ (33) | Well above average +0.40 | |
| 21 students | C+ (33.8) | Well above average +0.42 | |
| 7 students | Merit+ (27.3) | Average -0.09 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 45 | C+ (32.1) | +0.26 |
| 2016/17 | 81 | C (30.8) | +0.16 |
| 2015/16 | 66 | C+ (34.1) | +0.17 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2018/19 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 57 | +18 |
| Employment | 30 | −6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9 | −4 |
| Activity not captured | 4 | +1 |
Ofsted
Wadebridge School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 29 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Nov 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (247 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 247
- 24% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 47 parents (19%) with SEND