Camelford Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Station Road, Camelford, PL32 9UE – View on map
- Phone: 01840212376
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Anne Howard
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 26 families put it first for 26 places – 10 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 75
- % eligible for free school meals: 29.8%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.3% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 26% moved to another school, 74% 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.
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: 5.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Hearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disability 10 places · 11 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 75% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 83% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- Based on: 48 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 33rd of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- #32Mount Hawke Academy76%
- =33Blackwater Community Primary School75%
- =33Camelford Community Primary School75%
- =33Flushing School75%
- =33Gulval School75%
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22nd of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #20Burraton Community Primary SchoolGood
- #21Callington Primary SchoolGood
- #22Camelford Community Primary SchoolGood
- #23Cardinham SchoolGood
- #24Chacewater Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,256 (2024-25)
89th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #87Pelynt Primary Academy£7,287
- #88Gwinear Community Primary School£7,268
- #89Camelford Community Primary School£7,256
- #90Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary School£7,236
- #91Nanstallon Community Primary School£7,234
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