Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy
General Information
- Address: Callington Road, Saltash, PL12 6DX – View on map
- Phone: 01752848900
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Darren Woolner
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 39 families put it first for 44 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 44 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 58
- % eligible for free school meals: 33.3%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26.8% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 45% moved to another school, 55% 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: 6.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 63% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 84% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 66%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 32 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 121st of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =111Trevithick Learning Academy60%
- =111Wendron Church of England Primary School60%
- =121Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy59%
- =121Chacewater Community Primary School59%
- =121Charlestown Primary School59%
Click to see the full ranking
View full Ofsted inspection report
18th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #16Boyton Community Primary SchoolGood
- #17Braddock CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #18Brunel Primary & Nursery AcademyGood
- #19Bugle SchoolGood
- #20Burraton Community Primary SchoolGood
Click to see the full ranking
Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,803 (2024-25)
119th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #117Stoke Climsland School£6,840
- #118Truro Learning Academy£6,823
- #119Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy£6,803
- #120South Petherwin Community Primary School£6,768
- #121Bugle School£6,761
Click to see the full ranking
View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)