Wadebridge School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1018

Places

1050

How full

Nearly full — 1018 of 1050 places taken

Girls / boys

509 / 509

Overall absence

9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

27%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

25%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

3%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

18%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

90%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

78%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

7%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

1%

No sustained destination

8%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

206

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Cornwall 009A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

33%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

12%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

77%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

7%

England 17%

Households with no car

8%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

43%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy converter

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

No

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

WADEBRIDGE SCHOOL

Headteacher

Headteacher: Steve Simmonds (Acting Head)

Local authority

Cornwall

Ward

Wadebridge East & St Minver

Constituency

North Cornwall

URN

138024

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.