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Voluntary aided school · Cornwall

Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 196Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 112034URN

Lynher Drive, Saltash, PL12 4PA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.3 above Cornwall median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cornwall

37 applications for 16 places · 38th of 125 in Cornwall
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
28%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 13 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 16 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
2.3applications per place, Reception
0.3 above Cornwall median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

37 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.3; Cornwall median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.7; Cornwall median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.6; Cornwall median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.9; Cornwall median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.9; Cornwall median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.5; Cornwall median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.4; Cornwall median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.7; Cornwall median median 1.6
  11. 2016 2.6; Cornwall median median 1.7
  12. 2015 2.3; Cornwall median median 1.5
  13. 2014 2.4; 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 202616372.3161.00
Sep 202530521.7311.03
Sep 202419502.6191.00
Sep 202330541.8321.07
Sep 202230571.9361.20
Sep 202114402.9141.00
Sep 202028562.0281.00
Sep 201925622.5251.00
Sep 201830712.4401.33
Sep 201730822.7431.43
Sep 201630782.6381.27
Sep 201529672.3341.17
Sep 201428662.4351.25

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 78% · Maths 44% → all three 28% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard28%201st of 209 in Cornwall
Reading
Expected standard66%
Higher standard13%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard78%
Greater depth22%
Maths
Expected standard44%
Higher standard9%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cornwall median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2528%3%103100
2023/2443%7%104104
2022/2356%6%105100

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

  • Exceptional
  • 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
112034 · 908/3888
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 196 on roll
Free school meals
17.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Lynher Drive, Saltash, PL12 4PA
Local authority
Cornwall

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources