Graded inspection · May 2023 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry12 applications · 6 places offered · 6 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2025 1.4; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2024 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.9
- 2023 2.2; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2022 1.9; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2021 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2020 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2019 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2018 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2017 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2016 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2015 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2014 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Cornwall median
Dashed bars: as Pendeen School (URN 111802), 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 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 22 | 1.4 | 14 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 16 | 21 | 1.3 | 11 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2018 | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 17 | 23 | 1.4 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 10 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 60% · Writing 70% · Maths 90% → all three 50% 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 | 50% | 0% | 101 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 0% | 99 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 67% | 0% | 106 | 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
- Pendeen SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · CornwallRemains Good20241.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 7.0 km · CornwallRemains Good20232.1applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
- 7.6 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place
- 8.3 km · Cornwall20262.1applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 8.5 km · Cornwall20261.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 9.0 km · CornwallRequires improvement20242.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 9.1 km · CornwallRemains Good20231.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 9.4 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 77%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
- 140670 · 908/2034
- Capacity
- 119 pupils · 79 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2014
- Replaced
- Pendeen School (URN 111802)
- Address
- Church Road, Pendeen, Penzance, TR19 7SE
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources