Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Cornwall
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 9 July 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 16 May 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry21 applications · 14 places offered · 14 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.5; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2025 2.1; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.9
- 2023 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2022 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2021 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2019 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2018 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2017 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2016 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2015 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2014 1.1; 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 | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 18 | 1.2 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 17 | 24 | 1.4 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 8 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 77% · Writing 62% · Maths 69% → all three 38% 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 | 38% | 8% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 0% | 107 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 9% | 109 | 103 |
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
- St Nicolas' CofE VA School, DownderryThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.5applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · CornwallSerious weaknesses 20265.3applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · CornwallGood20222.5applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · CornwallStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 8.0 km · Cornwall20262.9applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- Good20241.5applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 9.1 km · Cornwall20262.0applications per place
- 9.2 km · CornwallGood20241.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 9.4 km · Cornwall20262.3applications per place 91%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 140342 · 908/2026
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 109 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2013
- Replaced
- St Nicolas' CofE VA School, Downderry (URN 112032)
- Address
- Downderry, Torpoint, PL11 3LF
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources