St Mary's CofE School, Truro

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Truro, Cornwall·TR1 3RJ
Composite score
21.4
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#14,314
National rank
#1549
In South West
#200
In Cornwall
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
33%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
68%
41 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.41
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
140
any preference, for 29 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4320221.0320231.2720241.2920251.412026

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 St Mary's CofE School, Truro. 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
206
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,837
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary's CofE School, Truro at a glance

Located in Truro, Cornwall, St Mary's CofE School, Truro is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 206 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 26.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Competition for places is real here - 68% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (41 first choices for 29 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. St Mary's CofE School, Truro 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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