Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary School
General Information
- Address: St Mawgan Village, Newquay, TR8 4EP – View on map
- Phone: 01637860491
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Deanne Carden
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 12 families put it first for 12 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 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.7%
- 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: 17.5% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 74% moved to another school, 26% 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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- 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: 44% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points below the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 63% · Maths 50% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 56%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- 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 180th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =177Germoe Community Primary School45%
- =177Grampound Road Village CofE School45%
- =180Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary School44%
- =180Quethiock CofE School44%
- =180Trewirgie Junior School44%
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63rd of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #61Luxulyan SchoolGood
- #62Marazion SchoolGood
- #63Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary SchoolGood
- #64Mawnan CofE VA Primary SchoolGood
- #65Menheniot Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,236 (2024-25)
90th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #88Gwinear Community Primary School£7,268
- #89Camelford Community Primary School£7,256
- #90Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary School£7,236
- #91Nanstallon Community Primary School£7,234
- #92Constantine Primary School£7,228
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