St Just Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Penzance · TR19 7JU · Cornwall
Ages 5–11
- KS256%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM20.2%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 140670
Pendeen School
Academy sponsor led · Penzance · TR19 7SE
Ages 5–11 · 79 pupils · Cornwall
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
50%
Overall absence
5.2%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-05-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- 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 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)50%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 99.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.8%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 59
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary 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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
11
Places offered
11
1st-preference offers
11
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 15
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 11
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
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 fill66%
79 pupils · 119 places
- Pupils on roll
- 79
- Boys / girls
- 41 / 38
- School capacity
- 119
- Capacity fill
- 79 / 119 (66%)
- Free school meals
- 36.7%
- FSM pupils
- 29
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 5–11
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 Chris Summerfield
Location
- Address
- Church Road, Pendeen
- Postcode
- TR19 7SE
- 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 academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 5–11, in Penzance, Cornwall, 79 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 36.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Cape Cornwall School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Penzance · TR19 7JX · Cornwall
Ages 11–16
- Att839.9
- P8-0.1
- EM5+26%
- Absence10.5%
2.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Summerfield
- Telephone
- 01736788583