Hayle Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Hayle, Cornwall·TR27 4DN
Composite score
53.0
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#2,166
National rank
#223
In South West
#24
In Cornwall
Top 68%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
33%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
59%
% EBacc grade 5+
0%
EBacc average points score
3.41

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
81%
167 first choices, 135 places
First choices per place
1.24
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
259
any preference, for 135 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.21
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8220220.9520231.1820241.0220251.242026

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 Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Hayle Academy. 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
604
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
30.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,554
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
90%
112 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Hayle Academy

Hayle Academy is a secondary school in Hayle, Cornwall, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 604 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 42.4 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 0.5 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

33% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 59% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Hayle Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 167 first choices for 135 places. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.0%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. Hayle Academy 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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