Budehaven Community School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Cornwall
Valley Road, Bude, EX23 8DQ
61
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 30/04/2024
Application demand
96%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
89.1%
30.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,145
Capacity used
Has space76%
1,516 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
96%
1st preference success rate
209 of 218 families who put it first got an offer
209
Places offered
274
Total applications
1.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 218 | 209 | ● 96% |
| 2nd preference | 47 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 9 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 274 | 209 | 76% |
1st preference success by year
Cornwall lets families list 3 preferences. 39 applications came from outside the council area (17 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Dominic Wilkes
- Address
- Valley Road, Bude, EX23 8DQ
- Phone
- 01288353271
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Ward / constituency
- Bude · North Cornwall
- Area
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 112045
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 26% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: The Bude Communities' Schools' Trust
1,145 pupils · 1,516 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
30 April 2024
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 23
17 May 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,031 pupils
Attendance
89.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
30.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.22 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 36% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 63% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.59 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.78 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 35.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 62.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 22% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 177 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.01 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 11.4% | 17% |
| A-level students | 71 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 177 | 17% | 46% | 72% | |
| English Language | 177 | 11% | 41% | 62% | |
| English Literature | 172 | 19% | 55% | 71% | |
| Combined Science | 118 | 8% | 31% | 53% | |
| Geography | 89 | 18% | 43% | 58% | |
| History | 77 | 18% | 38% | 55% | |
| Art and Design | 62 | 31% | 69% | 87% | |
| Biology | 57 | 30% | 65% | 88% | |
| Physics | 56 | 29% | 59% | 82% | |
| Chemistry | 55 | 27% | 62% | 80% | |
| Business | 46 | 7% | 35% | 54% | |
| Spanish | 44 | 27% | 50% | 59% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 24 | 0% | 8% | 29% | |
| English Literature | 22 | 0% | 5% | 32% | |
| Geography | 19 | 5% | 26% | 47% | |
| Mathematics | 18 | 6% | 17% | 33% | |
| Biology | 16 | 13% | 25% | 63% | |
| Economics | 15 | 0% | 7% | 40% | |
| Sociology | 13 | 0% | 15% | 46% | |
| History | 12 | 0% | 8% | 58% | |
| Physics | 9 | 11% | 11% | 33% | |
| Photography | 9 | 22% | 56% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 8 | 13% | 38% | 50% | |
| Computer Science | 6 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #361 of 1,824 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10308: Budehaven Community School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 51% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 53% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Cornwall council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.