Budehaven Community School is a secondary school located in Bude. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 08/02/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.4%, which is 3.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Valley Road, Bude, EX23 8DQ
Website: http://www.budehaven.cornwall.sch.uk
Telephone: 01288353271
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cornwall
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Dominic Wilkes
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 112045

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 08/02/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1325
Number of Pupils: 1169
Number of Boys: 580
Number of Girls: 589

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 20.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.24 Confidence interval -0.44 to -0.05
Of the 170 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 166 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:60%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:36%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.97
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Bude Primary Academy - Infants
Broadclose Hill , EX23 8EA
1out of 4 455 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Bude Primary Academy - Juniors
Broadclose Hill , EX23 8DR
1out of 4 495 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Stratton Primary School
New Road , Stratton EX23 9AP
3out of 4 1,326 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Marhamchurch CofE Primary School
Helebridge Road , Marhamchurch EX23 0HY
3out of 4 2,527 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Budehaven Community School
Valley Road , EX23 8DQ
3out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Petroc's School
40 Ocean View Road , EX23 8NJ
- not rated 1,601 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.