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Shortlanesend School

General Information

  • Address: Northey Close, Shortlanesend, Truro, TR4 9DA – View on map
  • Phone: 01872276372
  • Headteacher: Mr Matthew Richards
  • Age range: 2-11 years
  • Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 22 places – 9 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 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
  • Sixth form: No
  • Intake: Mixed
  • Religious character: Does not apply
  • Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

140 pupils out of 210 places Plenty of room
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals: 27
  • % eligible for free school meals: 20.1%
  • Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Cornwall average)
  • English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

  • Teacher turnover: 31.6% 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: 5.0%
  • Persistently absent pupils: 10.9%
  • Data year: 2024/25

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

  • Pupils on SEN Support: 19.3%
  • Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
  • Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

  • Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
  • Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
  • Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

  • Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
  • Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

Year 6 SATs results

  • Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
  • Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
  • Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
  • Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 49% against an expected 64%)
  • 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
  • Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 74% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
  • Average test scores: reading 105, maths 102
  • Based on: 23 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

SATs results over time

2022/232023/242024/2550%32%65%
This schoolCornwall averageEngland Improving Up 15 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 5 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%).

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,221 (2024-25)

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