North Cornwall Alternative Provision AcademyBeacon Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Bodmin.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy and Beacon Academy in Bodmin.

North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy was judged Good and Beacon Academy was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Beacon Academy (66.0% in 2022-23, 81.0% in 2024-25).

North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy versus Beacon Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BodminNorth Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy	BodminBeacon Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	B74/100
Local ranking	Not ranked	16th of 233 in Cornwall
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy alternative provision converter	Academy converter
Phase	Not reported	Primary
Age range	5-16	3-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	46	448
Capacity	75	480
Location	Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Bodmin, PL31 1JQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	Not reported	81.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	Not reported	12.0%	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	Not reported	109.0	106.0
Maths average scaled score	Not reported	106.0	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	46	448
Free school meals (ever 6)	82.6%	46.8%
English as an additional language	0.0%	6.0%
SEN support	78.3%	27.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	21.7%	6.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	Not reported	6.4%	6.2%
Persistent absence	Not reported	17.2%	15.8%

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.