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Lostwithiel School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 166Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142241URN

Bodmin Hill, Lostwithiel, PL22 0AJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.6 below Cornwall median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cornwall

37 applications for 26 places · 114th of 125 in Cornwall
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
68%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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Inspection history

  1. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Exceptional, 6 Strong standard
  2. 16 March 2022
    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
1.4applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Cornwall median (2.0) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

37 applications · 26 places offered · 26 named it first

  1. 2026 1.4; Cornwall median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.1; Cornwall median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
  12. 2015 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Cornwall median

Dashed bars: as Lostwithiel School (URN 111916), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202626371.4261.00
Sep 202517362.1140.82
Sep 202418321.8181.00
Sep 202318291.6181.00
Sep 202223301.3231.00
Sep 202113171.3131.00
Sep 202022281.3221.00
Sep 201919311.6170.89
Sep 201820301.5201.00
Sep 201720251.3190.95
Sep 201621261.2211.00
Sep 2015 *16221.4161.00
Sep 2014 *19251.3191.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 100% · Writing 84% · Maths 84% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%73rd of 209 in Cornwall
Reading
Expected standard100%
Higher standard68%
Average scaled score 112 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard84%
Greater depth24%
Maths
Expected standard84%
Higher standard52%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cornwall median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2568%24%112108
2023/2472%28%107107
2022/2384%32%111107

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142241 · 908/2509
Trust
Cornwall Education Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
175 pupils · 166 on roll
Free school meals
16.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2015
Replaced
Lostwithiel School (URN 111916)
Address
Bodmin Hill, Lostwithiel, PL22 0AJ
Local authority
Cornwall

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources