Academy converter · Cornwall

Pencoys Primary School

2–11Ages
168Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143445URN

Loscombe Road, Four Lanes, Redruth, TR16 6RB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.5 below Cornwall median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cornwall

27 applications for 18 places · 105th of 125 in Cornwall

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

77%met the expected standard

Cornwall 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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 entry

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Cornwall median (2.0) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

27 applications · 18 places offered · 16 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.5; Cornwall median median 2.0
2025 1.5; Cornwall median median 2.0
2024 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.9
2023 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.6
2022 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
2021 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
2020 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.7
2019 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.7
2018 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.7
2017 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.6
2016 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7; as the previous school
2015 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.5; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.6; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Cornwall median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Cornwall median

Dashed bars: as Pencoys Primary School (URN 133407), 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	18	27	1.5	16	0.89
Sep 2025	19	29	1.5	16	0.84
Sep 2024	11	20	1.8	11	1.00
Sep 2023	20	25	1.3	19	0.95
Sep 2022	16	21	1.3	14	0.88
Sep 2021	20	26	1.3	19	0.95
Sep 2020	29	43	1.5	28	0.97
Sep 2019	30	44	1.5	31	1.03
Sep 2018	18	33	1.8	18	1.00
Sep 2017	30	43	1.4	20	0.67
Sep 2016 *	24	32	1.3	23	0.96
Sep 2015 *	30	46	1.5	32	1.07
Sep 2014 *	23	31	1.4	23	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 83% → all three 77% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard77%27th of 209 in Cornwall

Cornwall 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard83%

Cornwall 76% England 78%

Higher standard30%

Cornwall 31% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Cornwall 75% England 75%

Greater depth20%

Cornwall 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard83%

Cornwall 75% England 77%

Higher standard40%

Cornwall 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Cornwall median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	77%	13%	106	108
2023/24	67%	13%	104	105
2022/23	65%	27%	106	105

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

Pencoys Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Troon Community Primary School
2.8 km · Cornwall

Remains Good2022

1.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Trewirgie Infants' School
2.9 km · Cornwall

Good2023

2.1applications per place
Trewirgie Junior School
2.9 km · Cornwall

Good2023

44%met the SATs standard
Lanner Primary School
3.1 km · Cornwall

Remains Good2022

2.4applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Treloweth Community Primary School
3.4 km · Cornwall

Standards maintained2025

1.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Pennoweth Primary School
3.7 km · Cornwall

Remains Good2022

1.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Roskear Primary & Nursery School
3.8 km · Cornwall

Standards maintained2024

1.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
St John's Catholic Primary School, Camborne
4.0 km · Cornwall

2026

1.7applications per place 85%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: 143445 · 908/2758
Trust: Crofty Education Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 168 on roll
Free school meals: 17.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2016
Replaced: Pencoys Primary School (URN 133407)
Address: Loscombe Road, Four Lanes, Redruth, TR16 6RB
Local authority: Cornwall

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources