Hayle Academy
3 High Lanes, Hayle, TR27 4DN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Melissa Lock
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Truro and Penwith College
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 769
- Pupils on roll
- 623
- URN
- 145211
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01736753009
About this school
Hayle Academy is a secondary academy in Hayle. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 623 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 112 | 81 | 95 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.6 | 42.9 | 42.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.08 -0.35 to +0.18 | -0.13 -0.44 to +0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 39.5% | 32.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 60.5% | 58.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 21% | 14.8% | 11.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
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 Hayle Academy 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 | 38.6 | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.9 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.4 | 41.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 510 |
| 2023/24 | 552 |
| 2024/25 | 604 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hayle Academy compares
Hayle Academy ranked 24th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 47% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.4 | 8.1% | 30.6% | 623 | — |
| St Ives School | 45 | 8.8% | 23.4% | 580 | 3.3 miles |
| Camborne Science and International Academy | 49.7 | 7.5% | 26.5% | 1,751 | 4.8 miles |
| Pool Academy | 41.8 | 8.2% | 29.5% | 714 | 6.9 miles |
| Humphry Davy School | 41.5 | 10.6% | 38.7% | 740 | 7.1 miles |
| Mounts Bay Academy | 43.7 | 9.3% | 22.1% | 922 | 7.5 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.63%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 8.08%
- Persistent absence
- 25.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Ives School3.3 miles
Secondary · St Ives
-
Camborne Science and International Academy4.8 miles
Secondary · Camborne
-
Pool Academy6.9 miles
Secondary · Redruth
-
Humphry Davy School7.1 miles
Secondary · Penzance
-
Mounts Bay Academy7.5 miles
Secondary · Penzance
Other schools in Hayle
- Bodriggy Academy Primary
- Connor Downs Academy Primary
- Gwinear Community Primary School Primary
- Leedstown Community Primary School Primary
- Penpol School Primary
- St Erth Community Primary School Primary
- The Cornwall Independent School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Hayle Academy teach?
- Hayle Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Hayle.
- Who is the headteacher of Hayle Academy?
- The headteacher of Hayle Academy is Mrs Melissa Lock, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hayle Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hayle Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Hayle Academy?
- Hayle Academy has 623 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Hayle Academy full?
- Hayle Academy has capacity for 769 pupils and 623 on roll (81%), 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 Hayle Academy a faith school?
- No. Hayle Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Hayle Academy a selective school?
- No. Hayle Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Hayle Academy?
- Hayle Academy is part of TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Hayle Academy have?
- The schools register lists Hayle Academy's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Hayle Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.6 in 2022/23 and 42.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hayle Academy rank locally?
- Hayle Academy ranked 24th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 47% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hayle Academy's absence rate?
- Hayle Academy's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hayle Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hayle Academy'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 15 July 2026.