Windmill Hill Academy

Windmill Hill Academy at a glance

Located in Launceston, Cornwall, Windmill Hill Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 161 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 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 103 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Windmill Hill Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 10 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Windmill Hill Academy 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.