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St Ives Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Trenwith Burrows, St Ives TR26 1DH · st-ives-inf.cornwall.sch.uk · 01736 796628
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 132
- 64% of 206 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.6%
- First language not English
- 1.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 41 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 41 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
St Ives Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 33
- 21% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied