Gwinear Community Primary SchoolPenponds School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Gwinear Community Primary School and Penponds School are primary schools.

  • Gwinear Community Primary School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Penponds School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). Gwinear Community Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Gwinear Community Primary School was judged Good and Penponds School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 56.0% for Gwinear Community Primary School and 78.0% for Penponds School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Gwinear Community Primary School (56.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Penponds School (75.0% in 2022-23, 78.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Gwinear Community Primary School versus Penponds School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HayleGwinear Community Primary SchoolCambornePenponds SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC61/100Stronger figureC55/100
Local ranking78th of 233 in Cornwall Stronger figure122nd of 233 in Cornwall
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll106 103
Capacity120 105
LocationHayle, TR27 5LA Camborne, TR14 0QN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard56.0% 78.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard6.0% 28.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 111.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score99.0 111.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census106 103
Free school meals (ever 6)8.5% 3.9%
English as an additional language2.8% 0.0%
SEN support16.0% 5.8%
SEN with an EHC plan2.8% 4.8%
Attendance
Overall absence5.2% 3.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence12.0% 5.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Gwinear Community Primary School

Penponds School

Full profiles: Gwinear Community Primary School · Penponds School