Cusgarne Primary School
General Information
- Address: Cusgarne, Truro, TR4 8RW – View on map
- Phone: 01872863563
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Lily Goodman
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 8
- % eligible for free school meals: 20.0%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.1% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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: 6.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 15.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
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: 68% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 70% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 70%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 84% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 103
- Based on: 19 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 73rd of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =68Weeth Community Primary School69%
- =73Constantine Primary School68%
- =73Cusgarne Primary School68%
- =73Lostwithiel School68%
- =73St Newlyn East Learning Academy68%
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26th of 141 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #24Connor Downs AcademyGood
- #25Constantine Primary SchoolGood
- #26Cusgarne Primary SchoolGood
- #27Darite Primary AcademyGood
- #28Delabole Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,971 (2024-25)
113th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #111Devoran School£6,975
- #112Gerrans School£6,973
- #113Cusgarne Primary School£6,971
- #114Mawnan CofE VA Primary School£6,921
- #115Roche Community Primary School£6,919
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