Budehaven Community School
Bude · Cornwall
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About Budehaven Community School
Budehaven Community School is a secondary school in Bude, Cornwall. View current jobs, teaching vacancies and school support roles posted by the school.
The Bude Communities' Schools' Trust is a Foundation/co-operative school trust. The trust operates 4 member schools: 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school. Local authorities: Cornwall. Regions: South West. — from the The Bude Communities' Schools' Trust public record.
Budehaven Community School is a secondary school in Bude, Cornwall, part of The Bude Communities' Schools' Trust. It has no live vacancies on SchoolJobs right now.
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School information
- Official name
- Budehaven Community School
- Address
- Valley Road
- Postcode
- EX23 8DQ
- Country
- England
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Cornwall
- URN (official identifier)
- 112045
- Establishment number
- 4150
- School status
- Open
- Education phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18 years
- Gender intake
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Number of pupils
- 1145
- As of November 2026
- Capacity
- 1516
- School type
- Foundation school
- Governance
- Maintained school
- Academy trust
- The Bude Communities' Schools' Trust
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Headteacher
- Mr Dominic Wilkes
- Ofsted inspection
- Good · Inspected 30 Apr 2024Source: Ofsted management information · 30 Sep 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0
- Official website
- www.budehaven.cornwall.sch.uk
- Telephone
- 01288353271
Source: get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . Official data last refreshed November 2026.
Pupils at Budehaven Community School
| 2025/26 | This school | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils | 1,145 | 71,237 | 8,355,420 |
| Eligible for free school meals | 24.6% | 23.5% | 26.5% |
| SEN support | 22.4% | 16.0% | 14.6% |
| Education, health and care plan (EHCP) | 2.4% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| First language other than English (EAL) | 2.1% | 3.8% | 21.6% |
Local authority and England figures are calculated from the same DfE school-level files across state-funded schools.
Source: Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics and Special educational needs in England , academic year 2025/26. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted inspection history
7 published inspections for Budehaven Community School.
· S5 Inspection
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
Report published 20 May 2024
· Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools
Read report- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Report published 6 Jul 2023
· Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Good
- Outcomes for pupils
- Good
- 16 to 19 study programmes
- Good
- Is safeguarding effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare
- Good
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
- Good
Report published 13 Mar 2017
· Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2
Read report- Outcomes for S8 inspections that did not convert
- Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
Report published 11 Jan 2016
· S5 Inspection
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Pupils' achievement
- Requires improvement
- Quality of teaching
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Good
Report published 9 Feb 2015
· S5 Inspection
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Good
Report published 22 Apr 2010
· S5 Inspection
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Good
Report published 30 Oct 2006
Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (files from 2005 to the latest monthly release; data checked 6 Nov 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil absence at Budehaven Community School
| 2025/26 (autumn and spring term) | This school | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence (sessions missed) | 11.3% | 9.0% | 8.0% |
| Persistent absence (pupils missing 10%+) | 30.2% | 25.5% | 21.6% |
Local authority and England figures are for state-funded secondary schools in the same release.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England , 2025/26 autumn and spring terms. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil premium at Budehaven Community School
Deprivation pupil premium allocation for 2026 to 2027: £288,200 for 262 eligible pupils.
| Financial year 2026-27 | This school | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils eligible | 25.4% | 23.6% | 27.7% |
| Allocation per pupil on roll | £280 | £313 | £370 |
Deprivation pupil premium only; service child and looked-after children premiums are not published per school. Local authority and England figures use the same file.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil premium allocations 2026 to 2027 (September 2026) . Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
School finances at Budehaven Community School
2025/26 financial year (CFR) · Secondary · 1,147 pupils.
| This school | Cornwall average (per pupil · % of spend) | England average (per pupil · % of spend) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £8,838,800 £7,706 per pupil | £8,444 | £8,748 |
| Total spending | £8,834,762 £7,702 per pupil | £8,397 | £8,825 |
| Teaching staff | £4,998,673 £4,358 per pupil · 56.6% | £4,720 · 56.2% | £4,914 · 55.7% |
| Education support staff | £1,054,868 £920 per pupil · 11.9% | £1,123 · 13.4% | £995 · 11.3% |
| Supply and agency staff | £171,221 £149 per pupil · 1.9% | £91 · 1.1% | £153 · 1.7% |
| …of which agency supply | £94,872 £83 per pupil · 1.1% | £62 · 0.7% | £119 · 1.4% |
| In-year balance | £4,038 | ||
| Revenue reserve | £1,137,343 | ||
Previous year (2024/25): spending £7,221 per pupil, supply and agency £115 per pupil — spending up £482 per pupil on 2024/25.
Finance data is from the official return for that year and may not reflect the school's current position. Averages are pupil-weighted and use the same return, year and phase.
Full detail on DfE's Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool · Local authority finance averages
Source: Department for Education, Consistent Financial Reporting 2025/26 via FBIT data sources, checked 6 Nov 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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