St Germans Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Saltash, Cornwall·PL12 5NJ
Composite score
75.8
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#1,064
National rank
#76
In South West
#11
In Cornwall
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
21%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
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
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
No
Early years provision
Inadequate

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
3 first choices, 3 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
16
any preference, for 3 places

Every child who put St Germans 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
55
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,019
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Germans Primary School is a primary school serving Saltash, Cornwall, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 55 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Germans Primary School 'Inadequate'. 79% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 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 St Germans Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 3 Reception places. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. If you are considering St Germans 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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