Burraton Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Saltash, Cornwall·PL12 4LT
Composite score
49.1
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#7,597
National rank
#755
In South West
#98
In Cornwall
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
68
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520220.9720231.0020240.9420251.072026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Cornwall does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Burraton Community Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
348
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,566
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Burraton Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Saltash, Cornwall, Burraton Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 348 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 94% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (32 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 18.1 pupils per teacher. Burraton Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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