Polperro Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Looe, Cornwall·PL13 2JJ
Composite score
55.4
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#5,386
National rank
#494
In South West
#67
In Cornwall
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
18%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
23
any preference, for 13 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020240.8820251.002026

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

Every child who put Polperro Primary 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
105
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,364
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Polperro Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Looe, Cornwall, Polperro Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 105 pupils aged 2 to 11. 53% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 14.0 percentage points compared with 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 top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 18% 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 Polperro Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 13 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. Polperro Primary 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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