Port Isaac Academy

Cornwall · PL29 3RT

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 52 pupils, 21.7% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Port Isaac Academy

General Information

Address: Mayfield Road, Port Isaac, PL29 3RT – View on map
Phone: 01208880494
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Jennifer Young
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 5 families put it first for 5 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: 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

52 pupils out of 72 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 10
% eligible for free school meals: 21.7%
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: 46.7% 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 2 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 7.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 12.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 21.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card April 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
Achievement Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Needs attention

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Inadequate (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

SATs results for this school weren't published for 2024/25 - the Department for Education withholds them when a year group is too small to report without identifying pupils.

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £10,245 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

18th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil

#16Fourlanesend Community Primary School£10,886
#17Boscastle Community Primary School£10,293
#18Port Isaac Academy£10,245
#19Coads Green Primary School£10,165
#20Pendeen School£9,875

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Lerryn CofE Primary School£14,455
#2Polruan Primary Academy£14,190
#3Boyton Community Primary School£13,548
#4Coverack Primary School£13,273
#5St Mawes Primary School£12,480
#6Trannack Primary School£12,396
#7Pensans Community Primary School£12,275
#8Grampound-With-Creed CofE Primary School£12,253
#9Launceston Primary School£12,211
#10St Levan Primary School£12,017
#11St Breward Community Primary School£11,952
#12Breage CofE Primary School£11,584
#13Halwin School£11,420
#14St Germans Primary School£11,019
#15Madron Daniel CofE (VA) School£10,973
#16Fourlanesend Community Primary School£10,886
#17Boscastle Community Primary School£10,293
#18Port Isaac Academy£10,245
#19Coads Green Primary School£10,165
#20Pendeen School£9,875
#21Calstock Community Primary School£9,815
#22Veryan CofE School£9,654
#23St Day and Carharrack Community School£9,642
#24Trekenner Community Primary School£9,629
#25Warbstow Primary Academy£9,438
#26Pondhu Primary School£9,404
#27St Wenn School£9,392
#28St Tudy CofE Primary School£9,257
#29Manaccan Primary School£9,256
#30St Buryan Primary School£9,172
#31Foxhole Learning Academy£9,171
#32Flushing School£9,127
#33Trythall Community Primary School£9,105
#34Trewidland Primary School£9,086
#35Darite Primary Academy£9,077
#36Tregolls Academy£9,026
#37St Mabyn CofE School£8,962
#38Blisland Primary Academy£8,953
#39Trenode CofE VA Primary Academy£8,923
#40St Keverne Primary School£8,885
#41Lanlivery Primary Academy£8,811
#42Godolphin Primary School£8,743
#43Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery£8,692
#44Altarnun Primary School£8,647
#45Egloskerry Primary School£8,611
#46Garras Community Primary School£8,576
#47Burraton Community Primary School£8,566
#48Germoe Community Primary School£8,563
#49Newquay Primary Academy£8,557
#50Falmouth Primary Academy£8,532
#51Otterham Community Primary School£8,444
#52Whitstone Primary School£8,393
#53Mithian School£8,235
#54St Erme with Trispen Community Primary School£8,200
#55Werrington Community Primary School£8,125
#56St Neot Community Primary School£8,106
#57Sithney Community Primary School£8,060
#58Nancledra School£8,058
#59Tintagel Primary School£8,052
#60Kehelland Village School£8,014
#61Gorran School£7,962
#62St Mellion Church of England Primary School£7,954
#63Leedstown Community Primary School£7,930
#64Lewannick Community Primary School£7,914
#65Landewednack Community Primary School£7,905
#66Delabole Primary School£7,861
#67Nanpean Community Primary School£7,851
#68St Mary's CofE School, Truro£7,837
#69Landulph School£7,829
#70St Mark's CofE Academy£7,731
#71Berrycoombe School£7,724
#72Jacobstow Community Academy£7,684
#73Boskenwyn Community Primary School£7,623
#74Pencoys Primary School£7,622
#75St Merryn School£7,595
#76Upton Cross Academy£7,537
#77Cardinham School£7,537
#78Mousehole School£7,480
#79St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance£7,423
#80Summercourt Academy£7,408
#81Ladock C of E School£7,400
#82Crowan Primary School£7,398
#83Trevithick Learning Academy£7,396
#84Penryn Primary Academy£7,385
#85Polperro Primary Academy£7,364
#86Newlyn School£7,347
#87Pelynt Primary Academy£7,287
#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
#93Shortlanesend School£7,221
#94St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance£7,203
#95Mullion Primary School£7,201
#96St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery£7,174
#97St Dennis Primary Academy£7,168
#98Luxulyan School£7,165
#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
#104Kilkhampton Junior and Infant School£7,079
#105St Kew Academy£7,070
#106Harrowbarrow Primary Academy£7,069
#107Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School£7,055
#108Treverbyn Academy£7,025
#109Mevagissey Community Primary School£6,993
#110Blackwater Community Primary School£6,979
#111Devoran School£6,975
#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
#117Stoke Climsland School£6,840
#118Truro Learning Academy£6,823
#119Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy£6,803
#120South Petherwin Community Primary School£6,768
#121Bugle School£6,761
#122St Erth Community Primary School£6,752
#123Fowey Primary School£6,739
#124Bosvigo School£6,726
#125Weeth Community Primary School£6,723
#126Cubert Primary School£6,694
#127Lostwithiel School£6,678
#128Mylor Bridge Community Primary School£6,670
#129Kea Community Primary School£6,667
#130Sennen Community Primary Academy£6,564
#131Wendron Church of England Primary School£6,559
#132Porthleven School£6,558
#133Lanivet Community Primary School£6,543
#134St Michael's Church of England Primary School£6,542
#135Dobwalls Community Primary School£6,513
#136Roskear Primary & Nursery School£6,483
#137Mabe Community Primary School£6,479
#138Beacon Academy£6,478
#139St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bodmin£6,467
#140Whitemoor Academy£6,435
#141Stithians Community Primary School£6,433
#142Parc Eglos School£6,420
#143St Columb Major Academy£6,416
#144Gulval School£6,414
#145Alverton Primary School£6,403
#146Quethiock CofE School£6,376
#147St Hilary School£6,376
#148Stratton Primary School£6,368
#149St Stephens Community Academy£6,362
#150Rosemellin Community Primary School£6,357
#151Treleigh Community Primary School£6,351
#152Trevisker Primary School£6,348
#153Padstow School£6,336
#154Looe Primary Academy£6,335
#155Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School£6,332
#156St Just Primary School£6,326
#157Portreath Community Primary School£6,321
#158Marlborough School£6,318
#159Windmill Hill Academy£6,304
#160Wadebridge Primary Academy£6,282
#161Treloweth Community Primary School£6,278
#162Braddock CofE Primary School£6,263
#163Lanner Primary School£6,254
#164Kennall Vale School£6,254
#165Ludgvan School£6,243
#166St Winnow CofE School£6,232
#167Menheniot Primary School£6,213
#168St John's Catholic Primary School, Camborne£6,192
#169St Dominic CofE Primary School£6,188
#170St Columb Minor Academy£6,180
#171St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth£6,167
#172Archbishop Benson CofE Primary School£6,156
#173Mount Charles School£6,139
#174Bodriggy Academy£6,137
#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
#180Chacewater Community Primary School£6,041
#181St Stephen Churchtown Academy£6,032
#182St Martin's CofE Primary School£6,007
#183St Issey Church of England Primary School£5,991
#184Tywardreath School£5,941
#185St Breock Primary School£5,940
#186Connor Downs Academy£5,883
#187St Cleer Primary Academy£5,882
#188St Minver School£5,880
#189Charlestown Primary School£5,820
#190Perranporth Community Primary School£5,818
#191Nansledan School£5,791
#192Probus Primary School£5,783
#193Tregony Community Primary School£5,780
#194St Mewan Community Primary School£5,776
#195Threemilestone School£5,724
#196St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£5,719
#197St Newlyn East Learning Academy£5,695
#198Callington Primary School£5,683
#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
#204Duloe CofE VA Primary Academy£5,581
#205Mount Hawke Academy£5,575
#206Carclaze Community Primary School£5,565
#207St Uny CofE Academy£5,533
#208Pennoweth Primary School£5,521
#209St Teath Community Primary School£5,504
#210St Francis CofE Primary School£5,486
#211St Nicolas' CofE VA School, Downderry£5,450
#212Millbrook CofE Primary School£5,433
#213Antony Church of England School£5,337
#214St Agnes Academy£5,337
#215Marhamchurch CofE Academy£5,293
#216Sandy Hill Academy£5,233
#217King Charles Church of England Primary School£4,998
#218Goonhavern Primary School£4,842
#219Marazion School£3,525

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