Beacon Academy, Bodmin

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Beacon Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 88% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Cornwall and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 84% in reading and 82% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 49 families put Beacon Academy as their first choice and 84 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Beacon Academy are St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bodmin (0.3 miles, Good, 83% reading, 60% maths); Berrycoombe School (0.4 miles, Good, 62% reading, 62% maths); St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 73% reading, 71% maths); and Nanstallon Community Primary School (1.8 miles, Good, 60% reading, 87% maths).

Beacon Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Beacon Academy is one of 21 schools run by Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

55 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Beacon Academy (as of September 2025): 86% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 57% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (57%).

42.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 121 pupils (27%) received SEN support and 33 (7.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Beacon Academy has a SEN unit for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties: 15 places, 15 pupils on roll.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Bodmin General (Bodmin & Wenford Railway), about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (ne-bound), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Beacon Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 167 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cornwall (14), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Beacon Academy issued 2 suspensions, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.