St Mary's Catholic Primary School, FalmouthKing Charles Church of England Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth and King Charles Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Falmouth.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average) and King Charles Church of England Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth was judged the expected standard and King Charles Church of England Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 60.0% for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth and 74.0% for King Charles Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth (63.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at King Charles Church of England Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 74.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth versus King Charles Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure FalmouthSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, FalmouthFalmouthKing Charles Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC69/100Stronger figureC62/100
Local ranking37th of 233 in Cornwall Stronger figure68th of 233 in Cornwall
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll186 414
Capacity218 420
LocationFalmouth, TR11 4PW Falmouth, TR11 4EP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard60.0% 74.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 7.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census186 414
Free school meals (ever 6)9.7% 10.1%
English as an additional language5.9% 2.7%
SEN support11.8% 12.8%
SEN with an EHC plan4.3% 0.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.6% Stronger figure4.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence13.4% 9.4% 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 Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth

King Charles Church of England Primary School

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