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Hayle Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
3 High Lanes, Hayle TR27 4DN · hayleacademy.net · 01736 753009
On the mapSearch near TR27 4DN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 623
- 81% of 769 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.9%
- First language not English
- 3.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 167 families put the school first and 135 places were offered; 81% 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 | 135 | 167 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 133 | 136 | 1▲ | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 131 | 155 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 110 | 105 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 80 | 66 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.4, and 32.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cornwall it was 45.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼32.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼58.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼11.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.41 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112065)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.2 | — |
| Further education | 90.1 | +10.7 |
| Employment | 2.5 | −5.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.7 | −6.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hayle Academy on 2 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 2 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 86
- 17% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (21%) with SEND