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Penpol School

2 St George's Road, Hayle, TR27 4AH

Ofsted: Strong

Primary

Phase

420

Capacity

3-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

School history and successor

Continues from Penpol School (URN 111849) since 1 October 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 29 April 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
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Good
Early years
Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25
Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
57.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
18.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected)
80.0%
Writing (Expected)
77.0%
Maths (Expected)
67.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
70.0%
Reading avg scaled score
107.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score
105.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score
106.0
Cohort Size
61

Pupil Demographics

2024-25
Total Pupils
433
Capacity
420 (0% full)
SEND
24.5%
FSM Eligible
20.4%
EAL
0.9%
SEN with EHC Plan
1.9%
SEN Support
22.6%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio
22.2:1
Teachers (FTE)
19.5
Budget per Pupil
£6,004/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25
Overall Absence Rate
5.0% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence
11.5% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Religious Character
Does not apply
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: 90.9%
  • Mixed Other: 3.3%
  • White Other: 2.8%
  • White Irish: 0.9%
  • Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
  • Black African: 0.7%
  • Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
  • Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%

90.9%

White British

3.3%

Mixed Other

2.8%

White Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

2 St George's Road

Hayle, South West

Administrative

URN
152069
UKPRN
10098931
Establishment No.
2230
Trust
CROFTY EDUCATION TRUST

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