Bude Primary Academy - Infants

Academy sponsor led·Infant school Bude, Cornwall·EX23 8EA

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Bude Primary Academy - Infants is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

36 first choices, 39 places

First choices per place

0.92

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 39 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9720221.0020230.9720241.0020250.922026

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

Every child who put Bude Primary Academy - Infants 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 125
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

22.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

18.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

13.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,592

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Bude Primary Academy - Juniors Bude · 0.1 mi 43.4 Stratton Primary School Bude · 0.8 mi 38.3 Marhamchurch CofE Academy Bude · 1.8 mi 35.1 Kilkhampton Junior and Infant School Bude · 3.6 mi 42.9 St Mark's CofE Academy Bude · 5.4 mi 16.2 Whitstone Primary School Holsworthy · 5.8 mi 20.2 Jacobstow Community Academy Bude · 6.6 mi 56.4

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Bude Primary Academy - Infants at a glance

Located in Bude, Cornwall, Bude Primary Academy - Infants is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 125 pupils aged 2 to 7.

Bude Primary Academy - Infants was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 36 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. Bude Primary Academy - Infants 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.