Landewednack Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Helston, Cornwall·TR12 7PB
Composite score
70.6
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#1,688
National rank
#136
In South West
#22
In Cornwall
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
21%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Inadequate

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
5 first choices, 5 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
9
any preference, for 5 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 Landewednack 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
85
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
28.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,905
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Landewednack Community Primary School

Landewednack Community Primary School is a primary school in Helston, Cornwall, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 85 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Inadequate' judgement from Ofsted. 71% 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 20.0 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 among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 21% 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 Landewednack Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 5 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Landewednack 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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