Bodmin College
Lostwithiel Road, Bodmin, PL31 1DD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Miss Claire White
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Cornwall Education Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- North Cornwall
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,550
- Pupils on roll
- 1,236
- URN
- 136383
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0120872114
About this school
Bodmin College is a secondary academy in Bodmin. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,236 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bodmin College, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 224 | 245 | 238 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.0 | 38.6 | 46.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.61 -0.80 to -0.42 | -0.44 -0.62 to -0.26 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 32.2% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 53.1% | 63% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 8% | 6.5% | 11.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bodmin College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cornwall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37 | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.6 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46 | 41.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,564 |
| 2023/24 | 1,558 |
| 2024/25 | 1,438 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bodmin College compares
Bodmin College ranked 11th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46 | 9.6% | 28.4% | 1,236 | — |
| Wadebridge School | 44.7 | 8.9% | 24.9% | 1,018 | 6.7 miles |
| Poltair School | 47.4 | 9.6% | 33.3% | 882 | 8.7 miles |
| Penrice Academy | 50.9 | 6.9% | 21.6% | 1,405 | 8.8 miles |
| Fowey River Academy | 39.7 | 8.8% | 31.6% | 676 | 9.1 miles |
| Brannel School | 41.6 | 10.1% | 30.4% | 888 | 11.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.36%
- English as an additional language
- 5.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.63%
- Persistent absence
- 25.89%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wadebridge School6.7 miles
Secondary · Wadebridge
-
Poltair School8.7 miles
Secondary · St Austell
-
Penrice Academy8.8 miles
Secondary · St Austell
-
Fowey River Academy9.1 miles
Secondary · Fowey
-
Brannel School11.5 miles
Secondary · St Austell
Other schools in Bodmin
- Beacon Academy Primary
- Berrycoombe School Primary
- Blisland Primary Academy Primary
- Cardinham School Primary
- Lanivet Community Primary School Primary
- Lanlivery Primary Academy Primary
- Luxulyan School Primary
- Nanstallon Community Primary School Primary
- St Breward Community Primary School Primary
- St Kew Academy Primary
- St Mabyn CofE School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bodmin Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bodmin College teach?
- Bodmin College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Bodmin.
- Who is the principal of Bodmin College?
- The principal of Bodmin College is Miss Claire White, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bodmin College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bodmin College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Bodmin College?
- Bodmin College has 1,236 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Bodmin College full?
- Bodmin College has capacity for 1,550 pupils and 1,236 on roll (80%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bodmin College a faith school?
- No. Bodmin College has no designated religious character.
- Is Bodmin College a selective school?
- No. Bodmin College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Bodmin College part of an academy trust?
- Bodmin College is part of CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Bodmin College have?
- The schools register lists Bodmin College's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bodmin College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37 in 2022/23 and 46 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bodmin College compare with other schools in Cornwall?
- Bodmin College ranked 11th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bodmin College's absence rate?
- Bodmin College's overall absence rate is 9.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bodmin College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bodmin College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.