Penpol School
Performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Ofsted judgements
Getting a place
Cornwall does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Penpol School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
School profile
- Age range
- 3–11
- Pupils on roll
- 433
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
Pupil background
“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About Penpol School
Penpol School is a primary school in Hayle, Cornwall, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 433 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 57% 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 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 31% of primary schools nationally.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 18% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Penpol School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 66 first choices for 60 places. Penpol School 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.