Academy sponsor led · Primary
Penzance · TR20 8SP · Cornwall
Ages 4–11
0.0 miles away
Open, but proposed to closePrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 111996
Madron Daniel CofE (VA) School
Voluntary aided school · Penzance · TR20 8SP
Ages 2–11 · 40 pupils · Cornwall
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
17%
Overall absence
5.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-05-20
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)17%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 97.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 92.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 98.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)16.7%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 36
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill71%
40 pupils · 56 places
- Pupils on roll
- 40
- Boys / girls
- 22 / 18
- School capacity
- 56
- Capacity fill
- 40 / 56 (71%)
- Free school meals
- 40%
- FSM pupils
- 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Truro
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Kershaw
Location
- Address
- Bellair Road, Madron
- Postcode
- TR20 8SP
- Town
- Penzance
- County
- Cornwall
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- District
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Penzance, Cornwall, 40 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 40%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Truro.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Heamoor Community Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Primary
Penzance · TR18 3JZ · Cornwall
Ages 5–11
- KS270%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM28.4%
0.6 miles away
Pensans Community Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Penzance · TR20 8UH · Cornwall
Ages 2–11
- KS220%
- Absence8.0%
- FSM57.0%
0.9 miles away
St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Penzance · TR18 2AT · Cornwall
Ages 3–11
- KS250%
- Absence7.6%
- FSM58.6%
1.3 miles away
Alverton Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Penzance · TR18 4QD · Cornwall
Ages 2–11
- KS272%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM17.9%
1.4 miles away
Trythall Community Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Primary
Penzance · TR20 8XR · Cornwall
Ages 2–11
- KS292%
- Absence7.0%
- FSM11.1%
1.5 miles away
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Penzance · TR18 4HP · Cornwall
Ages 3–11
- KS246%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM34.0%
1.6 miles away
Newlyn School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Penzance · TR18 5QA · Cornwall
Ages 5–11
- KS263%
- Absence8.0%
- FSM31.1%
1.7 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Kershaw
- Telephone
- 01736364845