Budehaven Community School, Bude

In 2026, pupils at Budehaven Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.7 in Cornwall and 47 across England.

40% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 42% in Cornwall and 47% in England.

That is down from 45.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.22: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 30.9, against 46.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 208 families put Budehaven Community School as their first choice and 265 named it as one of their preferences, for 204 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Budehaven Community School is one of 4 schools run by The Bude Communities' Schools' Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 199 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 61 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 41% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

2.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 256 pupils (22.4%) received SEN support and 27 (2.4%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Budehaven Community School.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Budehaven School (ne-bound), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 61 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, Budehaven Community School issued 221 suspensions, 19.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 12 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Budehaven Community School are Bude Primary Academy - Infants (0.3 miles), Bude Primary Academy - Juniors (0.3 miles), Stratton Primary School (0.8 miles) and Marhamchurch CofE Academy (1.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.