St Ives School

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school St Ives, Cornwall·TR26 2BB
Composite score
56.2
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#1,704
National rank
#163
In South West
#14
In Cornwall
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
60%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
3.80

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
80 first choices, 89 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
140
any preference, for 89 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1720220.9820230.9520240.9920250.902026

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

Every child who put St Ives 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
573
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
0.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
34.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,502
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
131 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About St Ives School

St Ives School is a secondary school in St Ives, Cornwall, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 573 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.0 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 0.9 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 60% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Ives School their first choice was offered one of its 89 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.6%. There are about 16.6 pupils per teacher. St Ives 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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