Beacon Academy
General Information
- Address: 38 Robartes Road, Bodmin, PL31 1JQ – View on map
- Phone: 0120872773
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kaye Haywood
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 49 families put it first for 50 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 180
- % eligible for free school meals: 44.2%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.3% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 60% moved to another school, 40% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Cornwall: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Cornwall, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Visual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disability 15 places · 15 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 27.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 61 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 44 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 81% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 21 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 73% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 73%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 86% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 106
- Based on: 57 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 18th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =15Gorran School82%
- =15Mevagissey Community Primary School82%
- =18Beacon Academy81%
- =18Portreath Community Primary School81%
- =20Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School79%
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6th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #4Altarnun Primary SchoolGood
- #5Archbishop Benson CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #6Beacon AcademyGood
- #7Berrycoombe SchoolGood
- #8Bishop Bronescombe CofE SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,478 (2024-25)
138th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #136Roskear Primary & Nursery School£6,483
- #137Mabe Community Primary School£6,479
- #138Beacon Academy£6,478
- #139St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bodmin£6,467
- #140Whitemoor Academy£6,435
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