Illogan School
General Information
- Address: Churchtown, Illogan, Redruth, TR16 4SW – View on map
- Phone: 01209842360
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Lucy Wandless
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 24 families put it first for 26 places – 9 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 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 48
- % eligible for free school meals: 23.5%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.7% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% 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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 66% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 70% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 30 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 77th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =73St Newlyn East Learning Academy68%
- =77Garras Community Primary School67%
- =77Illogan School67%
- =77Jacobstow Community Academy67%
- =77Newquay Junior Academy67%
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45th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #43Gwinear Community Primary SchoolGood
- #44Heamoor Community Primary SchoolGood
- #45Illogan SchoolGood
- #46Kea Community Primary SchoolGood
- #47Kehelland Village SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,133 (2024-25)
177th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #175Grampound Road Village CofE School£6,135
- #176Liskeard Hillfort Primary School£6,134
- #177Illogan School£6,133
- #178Perran-Ar-Worthal Community Primary School£6,068
- #179Tregadillett Primary School£6,054
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