Secondary
Budehaven Community School
Valley Road, Bude, EX23 8DQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1145 of 1516 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- The Bude Communities' Schools' Trust
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 92.9
- Pupils per adult
- 12.3
- Pupils
- 1,139
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
May 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)February 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
36%
45.4
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 |
| Entered the EBacc | 22% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| A level average points per entry | 32.01 |
| A level students | 71 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41% |
| 22/23 | 44% |
| 23/24 | 36% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.3 |
| 22/23 | 30.9 |
| 23/24 | 32.8 |
| 24/25 | 32.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.23 |
| 22/23 | -0.09 |
| 23/24 | -0.22 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.2 |
| 22/23 | 45.7 |
| 23/24 | 43.0 |
| 24/25 | 45.4 |
Valley Road, Bude, EX23 8DQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cornwall admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Dominic Wilkes
- Address
- Valley Road, Bude, EX23 8DQ
- Telephone
- 01288353271