Graded inspection · May 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 21 May 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 18 July 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry3 applications · 1 places offered · 1 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2025 4.0; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2024 6.0; Cornwall median median 1.9
- 2023 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2022 3.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2021 4.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2020 2.5; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2019 5.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2018 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2017 2.3; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2016 1.7; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2015 4.0; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2014 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Cornwall median
Dashed bars: as Coverack Community Primary School (URN 111822), the previous school.
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 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three 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 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 14% | 0% | 100 | 96 |
| 2022/23 |
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
- Coverack Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20243.0applications per place
- 3.2 km · CornwallRequires improvement20241.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 6.7 km · CornwallRequires improvement20244.5applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 7.2 km · CornwallRequires improvement20242.3applications per place 0%met the SATs standard
- 9.3 km · CornwallSpecial measures 20261.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 10.1 km · Cornwall20262.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 10.3 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 10.3 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 12.4 km · CornwallGood20241.4applications per place 68%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140630 · 908/2121
- Trust
- Aspire Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 49 pupils · 22 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2014
- Replaced
- Coverack Community Primary School (URN 111822)
- Address
- School Hill, Coverack, Helston, TR12 6SA
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources