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Coverack Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy

School Hill, Coverack, Helston TR12 6SA · coverackschool.org · 01326 280529

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected May 2024
Key stage 2, 2023/24
14%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cornwall 60%, England 61%
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
22
45% of 49 places
Local authority
Cornwall
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
9.1%
First language not English
0%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 1 families put the school first and 1 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 1 (Places 1)1September 2023: 2 (Places 2)2September 2024: 1 (Places 1)1September 2025: 2 (Places 2)2September 2026: 1 (Places 1)1Places 1
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026111100%
September 2025Sept 2025221100%
September 2024Sept 2024111100%
September 2023Sept 2023221100%
September 2022Sept 2022111100%

Results

In 2023/24, 14% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Cornwall it was 60%, and across England 61%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 78% (England 53%)78%2018/19: 57% (England 65%)57%2023/24: 14% (England 61%)14%England 61%

hidden: too few pupils to publish

Ofsted

Coverack Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 21 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
21 May 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jul 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jul 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Apr 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Mar 2010Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Early yearsRequires improvement

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