Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cornwall
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 2 June 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 18 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry259 applications · 135 places offered · 167 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2025 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2024 1.7; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2023 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2022 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2021 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2020 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2019 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2018 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2017 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.2; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Cornwall median
Dashed bars: as Hayle Community School (URN 112065), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 135 | 259 | 1.9 | 167 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2025 | 133 | 236 | 1.8 | 136 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 131 | 226 | 1.7 | 155 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2023 | 110 | 150 | 1.4 | 105 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 80 | 96 | 1.2 | 66 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 98 | 149 | 1.5 | 99 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 94 | 119 | 1.3 | 94 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 89 | 128 | 1.4 | 89 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 113 | 152 | 1.4 | 113 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 103 | 130 | 1.3 | 101 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 81 | 101 | 1.3 | 81 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 98 | 110 | 1.1 | 98 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 65 | 93 | 1.4 | 65 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 112 | 40.9 | 38% | 59% | – |
| 2024/25 | 95 | 42.4 | 33% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 81 | 42.9 | 40% | 61% | −0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 112 | 38.6 | 30% | 51% | −0.08 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hayle AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · CornwallRemains Good20221.6applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · CornwallGood20241.4applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · Cornwall20262.1applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · CornwallGood20231.8applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · Cornwall20262.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · CornwallGood20221.4applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 13.5 km · CornwallStandards maintained20242.0applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 20.9 km · CornwallGood20231.8applications per place 32.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145211 · 908/4171
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 769 pupils · 623 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 November 2017
- Replaced
- Hayle Community School (URN 112065)
- Address
- 3 High Lanes, Hayle, TR27 4DN
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources