Bodmin College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,236 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy sponsor led
Brannel School
- Pupils on roll
- 888of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 164
- Ofsted
- Good, 5 April 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Brannel School (URN 112050, until 31 July 2017).
What the data says
Brannel School has no sixth form. Of the 138 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 7% moved to a sixth form college, 63% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Cornwall, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cornwall and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Brannel School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 138 | 5,628 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 72% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 7% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 63% | 54% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Brannel School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.6 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 10% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.39 | 3.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.0 | 33.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.2 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 3% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 162 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 62% |
| English Language | 162 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 62% |
| English Literature | 159 | 97% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 116 | 71% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 46% |
| Geography | 81 | 49% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 53% |
| History | 58 | 35% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 47% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 55 | 34% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 71% |
| Biology | 45 | 27% | 23% | 24% | 45% | 80% |
| Chemistry | 44 | 27% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 82% |
| Physics | 44 | 27% | 23% | 23% | 46% | 75% |
| Physical Education | 38 | 23% | 11% | 18% | 24% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 28 | 17% | 13% | 18% | 30% | 61% |
| Photography | 19 | 12% | 6% | 53% | 19% | 79% |
| 3D Design | 18 | 11% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 22% |
| Drama | 17 | 10% | 7% | 35% | 27% | 76% |
| Art and Design | 17 | 10% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 47% |
| Spanish | 13 | 8% | 19% | 31% | 27% | 69% |
| French | 7 | 4% | 18% | 29% | 29% | 57% |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 42 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 34 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 30 | — | — |
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 18 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 17 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 13 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Cornwall
Budehaven Community School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,145 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.4
Callington Community College
Academy converter · sixth form · 887 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0
Camborne Science and International Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,751 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7
Cape Cornwall School
Academy sponsor led · 302 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.4
Falmouth School
Academy converter · sixth form · 923 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.