St Hilary School
General Information
- Address: School Lane, St Hilary, Penzance, TR20 9DR – View on map
- Phone: 01736763324
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Robin Hamshar
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 27 places – 8 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 10 · 2026 8
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 31
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.0%
- 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: 9.9% 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.
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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
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: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 56% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 66% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- Based on: 29 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 100th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =100Nansledan School62%
- =100St Agnes Academy62%
- =100St Hilary School62%
- =100St Minver School62%
- =100St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School62%
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105th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #103St Erme with Trispen Community Primary SchoolGood
- #104St Erth Community Primary SchoolGood
- #105St Hilary SchoolGood
- #106St Issey Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #107St Just Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,376 (2024-25)
147th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #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
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