Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Cornwall
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 24 March 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 13 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry74 applications · 26 places offered · 26 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2025 3.1; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2024 2.6; Cornwall median median 1.9
- 2023 2.6; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2022 2.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2021 2.7; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2020 2.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2019 2.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2018 2.5; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2017 3.1; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2016 2.4; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2015 2.2; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2014 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 26 | 74 | 2.9 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2022 | 27 | 62 | 2.3 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 80 | 2.7 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 66 | 2.2 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 27 | 68 | 2.5 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 47 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 67 | 2.2 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2014 | 25 | 41 | 1.6 | 24 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 75% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Cornwall median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 63% | 8% | 107 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 0% | 102 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 70% | 10% | 106 | 105 |
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
- Nansloe AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.9applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · CornwallStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · CornwallRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Cornwall20261.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · CornwallGood20222.5applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · CornwallGood20232.7applications per place 13%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · CornwallGood20232.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · Cornwall2026
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 137616 · 908/2134
- Trust
- Aspire Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 233 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2011
- Replaced
- Nansloe Community Primary School (URN 111832)
- Address
- Bulwark Road, Helston, TR13 8JF
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources