St Day and Carharrack Community School
General Information
- Address: School Hill, Burnwithian, Redruth, TR16 5LG – View on map
- Phone: 01209820456
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Susannah Storey
- 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 10 · 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 33
- % eligible for free school meals: 32.4%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.3% 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: 4.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 70% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 70%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 78% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 106
- 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 43rd of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =43Sandy Hill Academy72%
- =43St Breock Primary School72%
- =43St Day and Carharrack Community School72%
- =43St Just Primary School72%
- =43St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery72%
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100th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #98St Cleer Primary AcademyGood
- #99St Columb Major AcademyGood
- #100St Day and Carharrack Community SchoolGood
- #101St Dennis Primary AcademyGood
- #102St Dominic CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,642 (2024-25)
23rd of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #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
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