Grade-Ruan CofE Primary School

Academy converter · Primary school · Helston, Cornwall
TR12 7JN
Composite score
23.4

School overview

Grade-Ruan CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Helston, Cornwall, classified by the DfE as an academy converter with a Church of England religious character. It has 70 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Grade-Ruan CofE Primary School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 36% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 39.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 105 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). If you are considering Grade-Ruan CofE Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.

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#14,194
National rank
#1533
In South West
#198
In Cornwall
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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

School profile

Pupils on roll 70 % FSM ever-6 15.7% % EAL 2.9% Age range 4–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Location

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