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Headteacher Mr D Wilkes
Budehaven Community School is located on the beautiful north Cornwall coast in the town of Bude.
We are proud to be a fully comprehensive school, welcoming and providing education to students from ages 11 to 19. Our school also benefits from a thriving, successful Sixth Form, an on-site Area Resource Base, ran by the Special Partnerships Trust, and The Haven – our Alternative Education Provision, supported through a pilot this year by Cornwall Council, and the Integrated Health Centre aspects that the Haven has been providing for many years.
Budehaven Community School is a thriving environment to be part of, and our school ethos, which is built on a foundation of Care, Enjoyment and Opportunities, building Responsibility, Confidence and Success, with inclusion as a common thread is tangible from the second you walk through the door. As you travel around our school, the energy of the students and staff is infectious, as is our whole school focus on developing the reading skills of our young people, opening doors to a wider world by providing opportunities for developing their cultural capital through the curriculum, reading, writing and oracy skills. The stunning work of our talented young people is on display around the school, and their artwork is one of our jewels in the Budehaven crown within our stylish Bistro Art Gallery. We have an annual art exhibition, where members of the community come and admire the work of our young people.
We celebrate talent, skill, effort and difference, and the results of this are evident in every part of the school community. Equality and Diversity are hugely important to us, and we celebrate difference across and beyond our curriculum. Fundraising activities and competitions that take place across our different Houses bring out the generosity of all members of our Budehaven family. Our House System celebrates the work of seven different charities across the country and beyond. Our students compete at a national and international level within sporting competitions; we are incredibly proud of them and we are so grateful for the support that our parents, carers and other members of our community give to our students. The musical talents of our students are stunning, ranging from Rock Bands to Brass Ensembles, Piano Recitals to Singing Groups, further adds to the diverse atmosphere. We are very much looking forward to our young people’s summer term drama performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time!
We firmly believe that we continuously provide a great education for all, both inside and outside our classroom, for all students, no matter what their starting point. Our students achieve well; younger students follow a broad and balanced curriculum that builds on prior knowledge and understanding, revisiting prior learning in a spiral way, and linking knowledge within and across subjects. As a result, Key Stage 3 prepares them well for the challenges of GCSEs. Students know why they have learned what they have learned, and how it shapes their future learning and aspirations. Our Year 11 students’ GCSE results show an increase in the number of students making good progress every year. Our young people are bright, interested, and interesting, and resilient.
We are incredibly proud of our Sixth Form, which provides a range of A Level and BTEC courses that cater for the academic requirements of all members of our school community, leading to them achieving top results. We are also very proud of our Sixth Form students; every year many of them go on to Oxbridge, Russell Group, national and international universities. For a number of years we have ranked in the top 20% of Sixth Form providers in the country, and this continues as we expand our provision. Our Sixth Form is hugely important to our local area, and the futures of our young people.
Budehaven Community School students and staff are proud of our school and the community it serves. We are ambitious for our students, academically and for their development into curious young people. Our students understand and can articulate their thoughts and ideas on a wide range of topics, from climate change to politics, economics to science. They look beyond their locality, look at the world in wonder, and become thoughtful and productive members of society.
We welcome anyone who would like to come and visit our school community, and cannot wait to show you all the amazing things we have to offer! If you would like to come and see who we are and what we do, please get in touch! We are very proud to be members of the Budehaven community.
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