Gwinear Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: 40 Gwinear Lane, Gwinear, Hayle, TR27 5LA – View on map
- Phone: 01209831303
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Victoria Bandara
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 21 families put it first for 16 places – 13 for every 10 places. 62% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 9 · 2025 17 · 2026 13
- 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: 7.5%
- 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: 14.5% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% 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: 5.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
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: 56% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 59% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 59%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 81% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 50%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 99
- Based on: 16 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 139th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =139Bude Primary Academy - Juniors56%
- =139Godolphin Primary School56%
- =139Gwinear Community Primary School56%
- =139Pennoweth Primary School56%
- =143Berrycoombe School55%
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43rd of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #41Grampound Road Village CofE SchoolGood
- #42Gulval SchoolGood
- #43Gwinear Community Primary SchoolGood
- #44Heamoor Community Primary SchoolGood
- #45Illogan SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,268 (2024-25)
88th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #86Newlyn School£7,347
- #87Pelynt Primary Academy£7,287
- #88Gwinear Community Primary School£7,268
- #89Camelford Community Primary School£7,256
- #90Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary School£7,236
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