Altarnun Primary School
General Information
- Address: Five Lanes, Altarnun, Launceston, PL15 7RZ – View on map
- Phone: 01566700700
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Lynsey Slater
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 4 families put it first for 8 places – 5 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 5
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 10
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.3%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 27.8% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Cornwall: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Cornwall, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 27% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 64% · Writing 73% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 11 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 89th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =83Shortlanesend School65%
- =83St Dennis Primary Academy65%
- =89Altarnun Primary School64%
- =89St Winnow CofE School64%
- =91Burraton Community Primary School63%
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4th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #2Sandy Hill AcademyOutstanding
- #3St Agnes AcademyOutstanding
- #4Altarnun Primary SchoolGood
- #5Archbishop Benson CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #6Beacon AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,647 (2024-25)
44th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #42Godolphin Primary School£8,743
- #43Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery£8,692
- #44Altarnun Primary School£8,647
- #45Egloskerry Primary School£8,611
- #46Garras Community Primary School£8,576
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