Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Cornwall
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 11 July 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 29 January 2020Ungraded 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 entry31 applications · 22 places offered · 22 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.4; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2025 1.4; Cornwall median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2022 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2020 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2019 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2018 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2017 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.6
- 2016 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Cornwall median
Dashed bars: as Porthleven School (URN 111985), 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 | 22 | 31 | 1.4 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 26 | 1.4 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 28 | 42 | 1.5 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 26 | 39 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 29 | 36 | 1.2 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 25 | 34 | 1.4 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 37 | 1.3 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 25 | 31 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 35 | 42 | 1.2 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 32 | 35 | 1.1 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 39 | 45 | 1.2 | 42 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2015 * | 31 | 36 | 1.2 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 32 | 36 | 1.1 | 32 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 75% → all three 63% 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 | 63% | 8% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 0% | 105 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 49% | 3% | 105 | 101 |
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
- Porthleven SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Cornwall2026
- 2.9 km · Cornwall20262.9applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · CornwallRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · CornwallStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · CornwallGood20232.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · CornwallGood20232.7applications per place 13%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · Cornwall20261.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · CornwallGood20231.5applications per place 45%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
- 143996 · 908/2749
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 175 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Porthleven School (URN 111985)
- Address
- Torleven Road, Porthleven, Helston, TR13 9BX
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources