St Agnes AcademyBlackwater Community Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

St Agnes Academy and Blackwater Community Primary School are primary schools.

  • St Agnes Academy scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Blackwater Community Primary School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Agnes Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Agnes Academy was judged Outstanding and Blackwater Community Primary 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 62.0% for St Agnes Academy and 75.0% for Blackwater Community Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Agnes Academy (65.0% in 2022-23, 62.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Blackwater Community Primary School (69.0% in 2022-23, 75.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Agnes Academy versus Blackwater Community Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure St AgnesSt Agnes AcademyTruroBlackwater Community Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB77/100Stronger figureC66/100
Local ranking6th of 233 in Cornwall Stronger figure50th of 233 in Cornwall
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll374 126
Capacity444 120
LocationSt Agnes, TR5 0LZ Truro, TR4 8ES
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard62.0% 75.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Stronger figure6.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census374 126
Free school meals (ever 6)12.3% 12.8%
English as an additional language1.6% 0.0%
SEN support9.1% 11.1%
SEN with an EHC plan1.1% 6.3%
Attendance
Overall absence4.6% 3.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence9.3% 4.2% 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.

St Agnes Academy

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