Lostwithiel School

Academy converter·Primary school Lostwithiel, Cornwall·PL22 0AJ
Composite score
72.2
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National rank
#117
In South West
#18
In Cornwall
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
24%
Reading average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
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%
26 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
37
any preference, for 26 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.18
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020240.8220251.002026

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

Every child who put Lostwithiel 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
182
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,678
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Lostwithiel School

Lostwithiel School is a primary school in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 182 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 68% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above 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 among the top 10% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 112 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 24% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Lostwithiel School their first choice was offered one of its 26 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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