Pendeen School | School performance

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 16/05/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityCornwall

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio15.6:1

Admissions—

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Pendeen School · Primary · Cornwall

Part ofTRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

50%

0pp

67%49%31%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 50%

RWM higher standard

0pp

8%4%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

60%

Reading higher standard

20%

Writing expected standard

70%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

90%

Maths higher standard

20%

Science expected standard

80%

SPAG expected standard

50%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

101.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

View full history

Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

15.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

31%

SEN

16%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Church Road, Pendeen, Penzance, TR19 7SE

Local authority

Cornwall

Website

http://www.pendeenschool.co.uk

Telephone

01736788583

—

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	50%	0%	60%	20%	70%	0%	90%	20%	80%	50%	101.0	103.0	100.0	—	—	—	16%	64
2023/24	50%	0%	50%	13%	88%	38%	88%	0%	88%	50%	99.0	104.0	102.0	—	—	—	14%	63
2022/23	67%	0%	72%	33%	72%	22%	67%	6%	78%	61%	106.0	103.0	102.0	+3.20	+4.60	+1.50	15%	79
2018/19	46%	8%	69%	38%	100%	31%	69%	8%	100%	69%	104.0	101.0	102.0	-2.20	+1.60	-6.50	11%	97
2017/18	31%	0%	62%	8%	62%	15%	46%	8%	77%	38%	101.0	99.0	101.0	-7.10	-5.30	-7.30	18%	92
2016/17	33%	0%	67%	17%	75%	17%	33%	0%	67%	50%	102.0	97.0	101.0	-0.10	+1.80	-5.20	14%	91

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	64	15.6	16%	0%	31%	6%	14%
2023/24	63	10.3	14%	0%	35%	5%	7%
2022/23	79	13.2	15%	1%	37%	9%	30%
2021/22	78	13.0	23%	0%	37%	7%	17%
2020/21	76	13.9	16%	0%	34%	—	—
2018/19	97	15.2	11%	1%	37%	6%	18%
2017/18	92	19.2	18%	0%	35%	6%	16%
2016/17	91	23.9	14%	0%	33%	4%	14%