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Penryn Primary Academy

  • 2–11Ages
  • 349Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 139073URN

Treverbyn Rise, Penryn, TR10 8RA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.5 below Cornwall median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cornwall

61 applications for 41 places · 107th of 125 in Cornwall
Every year since 2015
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
65%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 31 March 2026Published 17 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
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. 31 March 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 29 September 2021
    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
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Cornwall median (2.0) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

61 applications · 41 places offered · 37 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.5; Cornwall median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.4; Cornwall median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
  12. 2015 1.0; Cornwall median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Cornwall median in 0 of 12 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 202641611.5370.90
Sep 202542591.4390.93
Sep 202458821.4570.98
Sep 202352661.3480.92
Sep 202237461.2330.89
Sep 202136411.1340.94
Sep 202054561.0430.80
Sep 201936451.3310.86
Sep 201848471.0320.67
Sep 201746491.1380.83
Sep 201669691.0520.75
Sep 201572741.0630.88

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 70% · Maths 77% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%83rd of 209 in Cornwall
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard70%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard77%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cornwall median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2565%14%104105
2023/2464%14%106106
2022/2363%11%103106

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
139073 · 908/2002
Trust
Aspire Academy Trust
Capacity
525 pupils · 349 on roll
Free school meals
35.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 January 2015
Address
Treverbyn Rise, Penryn, TR10 8RA
Local authority
Cornwall

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