St Stephen Churchtown Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school St Austell, Cornwall·PL26 7NZ
Composite score
44.7
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#9,247
National rank
#936
In South West
#123
In Cornwall
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Stephen Churchtown Academy 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
299
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
28.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,032
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Stephen Churchtown Academy at a glance

Located in St Austell, Cornwall, St Stephen Churchtown Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 299 pupils aged 2 to 11. 58% 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 risen by 6.0 percentage points year on 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% 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 St Stephen Churchtown Academy their first choice was offered one of its 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 28.2 pupils per teacher. St Stephen Churchtown 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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