Fowey Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Fowey · PL23 1HH · Cornwall
Ages 5–11
- KS255%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM21.3%
- Demand1.00
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 140836
Fowey River Academy
Academy sponsor led · Fowey · PL23 1HE
Ages 11–16 · 676 pupils · Cornwall
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
39.8
Overall absence
9.1%
Admissions demand
0.98 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-06-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.22
−20+2
Attainment 839.8
English & maths grade 5+30%
English & maths grade 4+56%
EBacc entry23%
EBacc APS: 3.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)32.1%
Unauthorised3.8%
- Authorised absence
- 5.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 655
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.98 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
120
Places offered
122
1st-preference offers
120
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 161
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 122
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill68%
676 pupils · 1,000 places
- Pupils on roll
- 676
- Boys / girls
- 347 / 329
- School capacity
- 1,000
- Capacity fill
- 676 / 1,000 (68%)
- Free school meals
- 33.1%
- FSM pupils
- 224
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Truro and Penwith College
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Eddy
Location
- Address
- Windmill
- Postcode
- PL23 1HE
- Town
- Fowey
- County
- Cornwall
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- District
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Fowey, Cornwall, 676 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 33.1%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Polruan Primary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Polruan · PL23 1PS · Cornwall
Ages 3–11
- Absence7.1%
- FSM60.0%
- Demand1.00
0.7 miles away
Tywardreath School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Par · PL24 2PT · Cornwall
Ages 4–11
- KS268%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM18.3%
- Demand1.00
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Eddy
- Telephone
- 01726833484