St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCardinham School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and Cardinham School are primary schools in Bodmin.

  • St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Cardinham School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Cardinham School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School was judged the expected standard and Cardinham 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 Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and 69.0% for Cardinham School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (52.0% in 2022-23, 62.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Cardinham School (58.0% in 2022-23, 69.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School versus Cardinham School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BodminSt Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBodminCardinham SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC63/100B75/100Stronger figure
Local ranking63rd of 233 in Cornwall 13th of 233 in Cornwall Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll515 84
Capacity630 84
LocationBodmin, PL31 1DS Bodmin, PL30 4BN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard62.0% 69.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard1.0% 15.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census515 84
Free school meals (ever 6)21.5% 12.7%
English as an additional language10.7% 0.0%
SEN support14.6% 13.1%
SEN with an EHC plan1.8% 1.2%
Attendance
Overall absence5.5% 4.5% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence16.2% 7.0% 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 Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Cardinham School

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