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Bugle School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Fore Street, Bugle, St Austell PL26 8PD · bugleschool.org.uk · 01726 850420
On the mapSearch near PL26 8PD
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 41%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cornwall 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 167
- 65% of 258 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44%
- First language not English
- 16.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Aspire Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 16 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 21 | 15 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 41% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Cornwall it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼41% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111888)
Ofsted
Bugle School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 July 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Jul 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jan 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
May 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 32
- 17% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 56% who had a child bullied