Budehaven Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 1 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cornwall
Unique reference
112045
Address
Valley Road, EX23 8DQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1139 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
49.5%
Girls
50.5%
First language not English
0.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.4%
Persistent absence
36.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.9%
Mixed 3%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other White 0.9%
Indian 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.7
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.76
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award82
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE54
English LanguageGCSE213
English LiteratureGCSE212
FrenchGCSE47
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Budehaven Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
203
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
202
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
202
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
93
93
Year 8
210
128
82
Year 9
206
87
119
Year 10
187
86
101
Year 11
201
92
109
Year 12
92
50
42
Year 13
57
28
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
55.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
34.0%
17.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
9.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
69.0%
51.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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