Penwith Alternative Provision AcademySt Mary's Catholic School, Penzance

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Penzance.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Penwith Alternative Provision Academy and St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance in Penzance.

Penwith Alternative Provision Academy was judged the expected standard and St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance (50.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25).

Penwith Alternative Provision Academy versus St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	PenzancePenwith Alternative Provision Academy	PenzanceSt Mary's Catholic School, Penzance	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	F38/100
Local ranking	Not ranked	200th of 233 in Cornwall
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy alternative provision converter	Academy converter
Phase	Not reported	Primary
Age range	3-16	3-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	42	162
Capacity	54	210
Location	Penzance, TR18 3NX	Penzance, TR18 2AT
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	Not reported	63.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	Not reported	0.0%	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	Not reported	104.0	106.0
Maths average scaled score	Not reported	102.0	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	42	162
Free school meals (ever 6)	78.6%	53.0%
English as an additional language	0.0%	7.4%
SEN support	92.9%	29.6%
SEN with an EHC plan	7.1%	6.2%
Attendance
Overall absence	Not reported	9.2%	6.2%
Persistent absence	Not reported	29.2%	15.8%

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

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