Connor Downs Academy
General Information
- Address: Mutton Hill, Connor Downs, Hayle, TR27 5DH – View on map
- Phone: 01736753135
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Janice Eddy
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 15 families put it first for 19 places – 8 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 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 33
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.6%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.3% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 73% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 73%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- Based on: 31 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 83rd of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =77Probus Primary School67%
- =77Troon Community Primary School67%
- =83Connor Downs Academy65%
- =83Cubert Primary School65%
- =83Looe Primary Academy65%
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26th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #24Chacewater Community Primary SchoolGood
- #25Coads Green Primary SchoolGood
- #26Connor Downs AcademyGood
- #27Constantine Primary SchoolGood
- #28Cusgarne Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,883 (2024-25)
186th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #184Tywardreath School£5,941
- #185St Breock Primary School£5,940
- #186Connor Downs Academy£5,883
- #187St Cleer Primary Academy£5,882
- #188St Minver School£5,880
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