Kilkhampton Junior and Infant School

Foundation school·Primary school Bude, Cornwall·EX23 9QU
Composite score
42.9
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#9,910
National rank
#1004
In South West
#132
In Cornwall
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
73%
33 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
1.38
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
48
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.38
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Cornwall does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Kilkhampton Junior and Infant School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
152
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
4.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,079
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Kilkhampton Junior and Infant School at a glance

Located in Bude, Cornwall, Kilkhampton Junior and Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 152 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 73% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (33 first choices for 24 places). Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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