UK Schools
Budehaven Community School
Budehaven Community School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Bude, Cornwall Council, teaching 1,145 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in April 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 45.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 27 March 2026 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Budehaven Community School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Budehaven Community School.
- 1 Holiday
- 2 First Day of School (Y7/Y12 Only)
- 3 First Full Day of School
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 28–31 Holiday (Autumn Half Term)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 27 End of Spring Term
- 6–17 Easter Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 17 End of Summer Term
- 20–31 Summer Holiday (continues into August)
- 21 Inset Day
- 22 Inset Day
- 3–31 Summer Holiday Continues
Key dates (2025–2026)
- First Day of School (Y7/Y12 Only) Sep 2, 2025 Event
- First Full Day of School Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Apr 6-17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday (continues into August) Jul 20-31, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Continues Aug 3-31, 2026 Holiday
- Holiday Sep 1, 2025 Holiday
- Holiday (Autumn Half Term) Oct 28-31, 2025 Holiday
- Inset Day Jul 21, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jul 22, 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Budehaven Community School with Cornwall Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 45.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 32.01 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 30% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 88% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 77% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Budehaven Community School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Budehaven Community School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.