Indian Queens Primary School
General Information
- Address: Off Suncrest Estate, Indian Queens, St Columb, TR9 6QZ – View on map
- Phone: 01726860540
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Morris Smith
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 35 families put it first for 36 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: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 67
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.8%
- 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: 14.2% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 39% moved to another school, 61% 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.
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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 32 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 39% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 21 percentage points below the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 43% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 43%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 63% · Maths 59% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 101
- Based on: 46 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: 189th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- #187Bugle School41%
- #188St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance40%
- #189Indian Queens Primary School39%
- =190Delabole Primary School38%
- =190Ludgvan School38%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,643 (2024-25)
201st of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #199Nansloe Academy£5,675
- #200Bishop Bronescombe CofE School£5,658
- #201Indian Queens Primary School£5,643
- #202The Bishops CofE Learning Academy£5,631
- #203St Catherine's CofE Primary School£5,590
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