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St Mark's CofE Academy

Shop, Morwenstow, Bude, EX23 9PE

Local ranking204th of 233 primary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

84

Capacity

2-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

School history and successor

Continues from St Mark's CofE Primary School, Morwenstow (URN 111992) since 1 January 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 4 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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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)
25.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
0.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected)
50.0%
Writing (Expected)
63.0%
Maths (Expected)
25.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
38.0%
Reading avg scaled score
103.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score
96.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score
97.0
Cohort Size
8

Pupil Demographics

2024-25
Total Pupils
69
Boys
39 (57%)
Girls
30 (43%)
Capacity
84 (82% full)
SEND
11.6%
FSM Eligible
22.6%
EAL
0.0%
SEN with EHC Plan
0.0%
SEN Support
11.6%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio
22.3:1
Teachers (FTE)
3.0
Budget per Pupil
£7,731/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25
Overall Absence Rate
5.0% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence
13.6% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Religious Character
Church of England
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Boarders
No boarders
Admissions
Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25
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  • White British: 98.5%
  • Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%

98.5%

White British

1.4%

Mixed White & Asian

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01288331395
stmarks@lapsw.org
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Bude, South West

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Administrative

URN
149497
UKPRN
10091667
Establishment No.
3184
Trust
LEARNING ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP (SOUTH WEST)

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