Penponds School
General Information
- Address: Higher Penponds, Camborne, TR14 0QN – View on map
- Phone: 01209713929
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rebekah Bailey
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 23 families put it first for 15 places – 15 for every 10 places. 61% 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 14 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 15
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 4
- % eligible for free school meals: 3.8%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.7% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 53% moved to another school, 47% 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: 3.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 18 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 78% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 28% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 76% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 76%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 83% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 94%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 111
- 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
- =22Mawnan CofE VA Primary School78%
- =22Newlyn School78%
- =22Penponds School78%
- =27Alverton Primary School77%
- =27Nancledra School77%
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81st of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #79Pendeen SchoolGood
- #80Pennoweth Primary SchoolGood
- #81Penponds SchoolGood
- #82Perran-Ar-Worthal Community Primary SchoolGood
- #83Perranporth Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,146 (2024-25)
101st of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #99Grade-Ruan CofE Primary School£7,157
- #100Troon Community Primary School£7,156
- #101Penponds School£7,146
- #102Pensilva Primary School£7,118
- #103North Petherwin School£7,106
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