Bodmin College

Academy converter·Secondary school Bodmin, Cornwall·PL31 1DD
Composite score
57.5
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#1,534
National rank
#142
In South West
#11
In Cornwall
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.78

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
234 first choices, 237 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
297
any preference, for 237 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9920221.0820231.0620241.0020250.992026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Bodmin College first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,438
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
13.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
37.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,326
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
224 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Bodmin College at a glance

Located in Bodmin, Cornwall, Bodmin College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,438 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.0 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 7.4 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Bodmin College their first choice was offered one of its 237 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 13.0%. There are about 13.7 pupils per teacher. Bodmin College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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