Mawnan CofE VA Primary School
General Information
- Address: Shute Hill, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, TR11 5HQ – View on map
- Phone: 01326250660
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Jilly Pridmore
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 16 families put it first for 16 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 11 · 2024 13 · 2025 21 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 12
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.3%
- 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: 14.6% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 3.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
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: 78% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 75% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 75%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 94% · Writing 78% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 107
- Based on: 18 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 22nd of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =22Lewannick Community Primary School78%
- =22Luxulyan School78%
- =22Mawnan CofE VA Primary School78%
- =22Newlyn School78%
- =22Penponds School78%
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64th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #62Marazion SchoolGood
- #63Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary SchoolGood
- #64Mawnan CofE VA Primary SchoolGood
- #65Menheniot Primary SchoolGood
- #66Mevagissey Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,921 (2024-25)
114th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #112Gerrans School£6,973
- #113Cusgarne Primary School£6,971
- #114Mawnan CofE VA Primary School£6,921
- #115Roche Community Primary School£6,919
- #116Heamoor Community Primary School£6,845
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