Budehaven Community School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Apr 30 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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 82 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 28 |
Biology | GCSE | 57 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 56 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 55 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 20 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 54 |
English Language | GCSE | 213 |
English Literature | GCSE | 212 |
French | GCSE | 47 |
Admissions
Budehaven Community School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 203
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 202
- 2nd preference
- 45
- 3rd preference
- 24
- From another Local Authority
- 36
Offers
- 1st preference
- 202
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 24
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.6 |
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 |
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% |
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% |