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Voluntary aided school · Cornwall

St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance

  • 3–11Ages
  • 141Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 111998URN

Redinnick Place, Penzance, TR18 4HP · School website

This school is due to be replaced by St Mary's Church of England Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.2 above Cornwall median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cornwall

22 applications for 10 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
40%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

Inspection history

  1. 14 March 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 27 June 2012
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.2 above Cornwall median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

22 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Cornwall median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.4; Cornwall median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.9; Cornwall median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.9; Cornwall median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.7; Cornwall median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.9; Cornwall median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.1; Cornwall median median 1.6
  11. 2016 2.5; Cornwall median median 1.7
  12. 2015 2.9; Cornwall median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Cornwall median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Cornwall median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202610222.2101.00
Sep 202511262.4111.00
Sep 202415432.9151.00
Sep 202311141.390.82
Sep 202213231.8131.00
Sep 202113372.9131.00
Sep 202018311.7181.00
Sep 201921391.9200.95
Sep 20189202.291.00
Sep 201722462.1221.00
Sep 201620492.5180.90
Sep 201514412.9141.00
Sep 201418321.8181.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 73% · Writing 67% · Maths 47% → all three 40% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard40%188th of 209 in Cornwall
Reading
Expected standard73%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard67%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard47%
Higher standard13%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cornwall median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2540%7%106100
2023/2440%4%10299
2022/2346%4%104100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
111998 · 908/3302
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
190 pupils · 141 on roll
Free school meals
34.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Redinnick Place, Penzance, TR18 4HP
Local authority
Cornwall

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources