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St Francis CofE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 396Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 144059URN

Longfield, Falmouth, TR11 4SU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.5 above Cornwall median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cornwall

89 applications for 36 places · 26th of 125 in Cornwall
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
51%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 6 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 27 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
2.5applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Cornwall median (2.0) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

89 applications · 36 places offered · 32 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.5; Cornwall median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.1; Cornwall median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.5; Cornwall median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.9; Cornwall median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.1; Cornwall median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.3; Cornwall median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Cornwall median median 1.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Cornwall median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Cornwall median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Cornwall median in 9 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Cornwall median

Dashed bars: as St Francis CofE Primary School (URN 112035), 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 202636892.5320.89
Sep 2025601252.1500.83
Sep 2024561372.5510.91
Sep 2023601131.9631.05
Sep 2022601172.0641.07
Sep 2021551262.3510.93
Sep 2020601262.1691.15
Sep 2019601172.0470.78
Sep 2018601212.0580.97
Sep 2017 *601372.3580.97
Sep 2016 *591232.1470.80
Sep 2015 *601222.0540.90
Sep 2014 *551202.2611.11

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 72% · Maths 74% → all three 51% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard51%155th of 209 in Cornwall
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard72%
Greater depth11%
Maths
Expected standard74%
Higher standard11%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cornwall median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2551%5%104103
2023/2466%5%105104
2022/2362%7%106103

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

  • 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
144059 · 908/3891
Trust
Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
420 pupils · 396 on roll
Free school meals
13.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
St Francis CofE Primary School (URN 112035)
Address
Longfield, Falmouth, TR11 4SU
Local authority
Cornwall

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