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Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Sponsored academy
Drakewalls, Gunnislake PL18 9EN · coppervalleyinfantandnurseryacademy.co.uk · 01822 832550
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2025
- Key stage 2, 2018/19
- 40%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 70
- 29% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.9%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 20 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 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 26 | 27 | 1▲ | 96% |
Results
In 2018/19, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2018/19 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼40% | 65% | ||
| ●10% | 11% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●102 | 104 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111973)
Progress scores 2018/19: reading -4.20, writing -1.90, maths -5.10
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 2 April 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111973), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Good
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 Mar 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111973)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 29
- 36% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied