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St Keverne Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
School Hill, St Keverne, Helston TR12 6NQ · stkeverne.org.uk · 01326 280539
On the mapSearch near TR12 6NQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 43%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cornwall 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 53
- 63% of 84 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 28.3%
- First language not English
- 1.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Aspire Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 8 families put the school first and 8 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 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 43% 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 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼43% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
St Keverne Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 23 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, May 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 11
- 20% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied