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Dobwalls Community Primary School

General Information

  • Address: Duloe Road, Dobwalls, Liskeard, PL14 4LU – View on map
  • Phone: 01579320527
  • Website: Visit school website
  • Headteacher: Mrs Kathryn Pipe
  • Age range: 4-11 years
  • Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 22 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: No

Who goes here

192 pupils out of 207 places
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals: 32
  • % eligible for free school meals: 16.7%
  • Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Cornwall average)
  • English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

  • Teacher turnover: 30.9% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
  • Where they went: about 57% moved to another school, 43% 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: 6.2%
  • Persistently absent pupils: 15.0%
  • Data year: 2024/25

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

  • Pupils on SEN Support: 19.3%
  • Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.7%
  • Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

  • Moderate learning difficulty: 17 pupils
  • Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
  • Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

  • Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

Year 6 SATs results

  • Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 62% (England 62%)
  • Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
  • Compared with the area: in line with the Cornwall average (60%)
  • Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 62% against an expected 62%)
  • 3-year average (expected standard): 62%
  • Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 76% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
  • Average test scores: reading 106, maths 107
  • Based on: 29 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

SATs results over time

2022/232023/242024/2573%52%62%
This schoolCornwall averageEngland Falling Down 11 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was in line with the Cornwall average (60%).

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,513 (2024-25)

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