St Meriadoc CofE Junior Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Camborne, Cornwall·TR14 7PN
Composite score
46.0
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#8,821
National rank
#885
In South West
#117
In Cornwall
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
210
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
24.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,276
Typical primary: £6,960

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St Meriadoc CofE Junior Academy at a glance

Located in Camborne, Cornwall, St Meriadoc CofE Junior Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 210 pupils aged 7 to 11. 60% 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 fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with 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 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 24.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Meriadoc CofE Junior 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.

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