Darite Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Darite, Liskeard, PL14 5JH – View on map
- Phone: 01579342155
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Tom Whipps
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 3 families put it first for 3 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: 2022 8 · 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 11
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.4%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 21.8% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 83% moved to another school, 17% 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: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Cornwall average (60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 86% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 7 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 131st of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =126St Stephen Churchtown Academy58%
- =131Carbeile Junior School57%
- =131Darite Primary Academy57%
- =131Kea Community Primary School57%
- =131Kilkhampton Junior and Infant School57%
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29th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #27Constantine Primary SchoolGood
- #28Cusgarne Primary SchoolGood
- #29Darite Primary AcademyGood
- #30Delabole Primary SchoolGood
- #31Devoran SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,077 (2024-25)
35th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #33Trythall Community Primary School£9,105
- #34Trewidland Primary School£9,086
- #35Darite Primary Academy£9,077
- #36Tregolls Academy£9,026
- #37St Mabyn CofE School£8,962
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