Sithney Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Crowntown, Helston, TR13 0AE – View on map
- Phone: 01326572910
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Vicky Sanderson
- 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: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 11
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.3%
- 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: 19.5% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 46% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 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 62% · Writing 46% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 13 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 174th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =174Mullion Primary School46%
- =174Rosemellin Community Primary School46%
- =174Sithney Community Primary School46%
- =177Fourlanesend Community Primary School45%
- =177Germoe Community Primary School45%
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93rd of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #91Shortlanesend SchoolGood
- #92Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #93Sithney Community Primary SchoolGood
- #94South Petherwin Community Primary SchoolGood
- #95St Breock Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,060 (2024-25)
57th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #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
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