Hayle Academy, Hayle
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Hayle Academy gets to know each pupil as an individual and provides excellent support to help them succeed. The school offers an ambitious curriculum alongside fantastic enrichment opportunities like beach safety days with the RNLI and community gardening projects. Staff create a warm, welcoming environment where pupils feel safe, respected and proud to attend.
Key Strengths
- Strong inclusion and support for pupils with special educational needs, disabilities, and disadvantaged pupils
- Excellent personal development programme covering relationships education, British values, online safety and enrichment activities
- Effective safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and concerns are actively managed
- Well-planned curriculum with clear progression that helps most pupils secure strong foundations
- Positive pastoral support including mental health services and careers education that prepares pupils well
Areas for Improvement
- Some pupils lose focus in lessons when teaching is less precise, resulting in lower quality work
- Gaps in handwriting, spelling and numeracy persist for some pupils despite intervention
- Teachers do not always use the school's teaching strategies with sufficient precision when selecting tasks or checking understanding
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, all legal requirements are met, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Beach safety day with RNLI and Hayle Surf Life Saving Club, Global Values curriculum, Broad Horizons programme (forensic science, community gardening), Hayle Xtra programme, youth sport trust pilot, work experience, employer interactions
Hayle Academy is a well-led school where pupils achieve well and benefit from a carefully planned, ambitious curriculum. The school creates a kind, respectful community where pupils feel safe and supported.
At a Glance
30.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
23.4
Avg class size
25
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
81%
Available places
623 pupils
769 capacity
146 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Hayle
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Hayle
Admissions Demand - Cornwall
Places available
6,490
Applications
5,640
Got 1st preference
97.1%
Got preferred school
99.5%
Secondary admissions across Cornwall (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
8.07762%
Overall absence
25.80128%
Persistent absence
624
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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