St Winnow CofE School

Academy converter·Primary school Cornwall·PL22 0RA
Composite score
41.6
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#10,337
National rank
#1042
In South West
#135
In Cornwall
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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
100%
12 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 12 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.39
00.511.52
1 per place
0.8920221.0020231.0020241.3920251.002026

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

Every child who put St Winnow CofE School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
95
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
4.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,232
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Winnow CofE School is a primary school serving Cornwall, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 95 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Winnow CofE School 'Good'. 64% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 14.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Winnow CofE School their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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