Rosemellin Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Camborne, Cornwall·TR14 8PG
Composite score
38.1
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#11,532
National rank
#1192
In South West
#160
In Cornwall
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
46%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 09/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
32 first choices, 38 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
80
any preference, for 38 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.8920230.9420240.9420250.842026

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

Every child who put Rosemellin Community Primary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
387
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,357
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Rosemellin Community Primary School

Rosemellin Community Primary School is a primary school in Camborne, Cornwall, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 387 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted (December 2025). In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 46% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Rosemellin Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 32 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Rosemellin Community Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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