Bodmin College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 24 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cornwall
Unique reference
136383
Address
Lostwithiel Road, PL31 1DD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1558 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
48.7%
Girls
51.3%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.8%
Persistent absence
31.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.6%
Other White 4.7%
Mixed 3.1%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.88
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award15
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award24
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award32
Music Studies (General)Technical Award1
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award36
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Art & DesignGCSE32
BiologyGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE87
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bodmin College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
252
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
266
2nd preference
58
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
251
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes18.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
265
142
123
Year 8
253
129
124
Year 9
258
129
129
Year 10
250
125
125
Year 11
247
120
127
Year 12
162
63
99
Year 13
123
51
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
7.0%
55.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
59.0%
17.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
9.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
5.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
8.0%
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
59.0%
51.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
8.0%
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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