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Connor Downs Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Mutton Hill, Connor Downs, Hayle TR27 5DH · connordowns.org.uk · 01736 753135
On the mapSearch near TR27 5DH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cornwall 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 168
- 80% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19.6%
- First language not English
- 3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Aspire Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 19 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 | 19 | 15 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 30 | 1▲ | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Connor Downs Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 8 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Dec 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 54
- 27% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (22%) with SEND