Graded inspection · Jun 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 | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 4 June 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 21 February 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 entry9 applications · 2 places offered · 2 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.5; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2025 3.5; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2024 2.1; Cornwall median median 1.9
- 2023 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2022 1.7; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2021 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2019 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2018 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2017 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2016 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2015 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2014 1.0; Cornwall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Cornwall median
Dashed bars: as Grade-Ruan CofE School (URN 111989), 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 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 45% · Writing 64% · Maths 36% → all three 36% 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 | 36% | 0% | 105 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 17% | 108 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 86% | 14% | 110 | 107 |
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
- Grade-Ruan CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20244.5applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · CornwallSpecial measures 20261.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 5.6 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 6.7 km · CornwallRequires improvement20243.0applications per place
- 9.1 km · Cornwall20262.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 9.2 km · CornwallRequires improvement20241.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 10.7 km · CornwallRequires improvement20242.3applications per place 0%met the SATs standard
- 13.0 km · Cornwall20262.9applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 13.3 km · CornwallStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 53%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
- 140632 · 908/3034
- Trust
- Aspire Academy Trust
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 72 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2014
- Replaced
- Grade-Ruan CofE School (URN 111989)
- Address
- Ruan Minor, Helston, TR12 7JN
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources