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Bude Primary Academy - Infants

PrimaryAges 2–7Academy

Bude, EX23 8EA · Cornwall local authority

Bude’s School Grade C− better than 16% of towns in England

Getting in
36/36
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
126 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
24%
24 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Bude Primary Academy - Infants

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Inspected, January 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (36 of 36)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (EX23 8) sold for a median £355,000; Bude’s is £355,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Bude Primary Academy - Infants?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

36
families put it first for September 2026
39
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Aspire Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Cornwall council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.38 per place
73% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
Bude Primary Academy - Infants
0.92 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

125 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
18.4%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.4%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Bude Primary Academy - Infants

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), January 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Bude Primary Academy - Infants

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in EX23 8, the school’s postcode sector

Bude property prices →
£355,000
median sale, 375 sales in 36 months · Bude £355,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025EX23 8Bude
EX23 8Bude

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£440K
Semi-detached
£318K
Terraced
£284K
Flat
£195K
EX23 8Bude

Homes in EX23 8 sell for about the same as Bude’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

3 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCC+C−Bude Primary Academy - Infa…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Bude, EX23 8EA

Bude Primary Academy - Infants: common questions

How hard is it to get into Bude Primary Academy - Infants?

For September 2026, 36 families put Bude Primary Academy - Infants first and all of them were offered a place; 39 places were offered in all.

What is Bude Primary Academy - Infants’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (January 2025).

How much do houses cost near Bude Primary Academy - Infants?

Homes in its postcode sector, EX23 8, sold for a median £355,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (375 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bude’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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