Archbishop Benson CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Truro, TR1 1BN
- Distance
- 0.7km away
St Mary's CofE School, Truro
Higher Trehaverne, Truro, TR1 3RJ
Local ranking165th of 233 primary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues as St Mary's Church of England Primary School (URN 150499). Its page carries this history forward.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 33.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 47.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 43.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 30.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 97.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 206
- Boys
- 113 (55%)
- Girls
- 93 (45%)
- Capacity
- 210 (98% full)
- SEND
- 22.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.5%
- EAL
- 6.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.7%
- SEN Support
- 13.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,837/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 82.2%
- Other: 4.2%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
82.2%
White British
4.2%
Other
2.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Higher Trehaverne
Truro, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 111990
- UKPRN
- 10074940
- Establishment No.
- 3091
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