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St Issey Church of England Primary School

General Information

  • Address: Gardeners Way, St Issey, Wadebridge, PL27 7RN – View on map
  • Phone: 01841540232
  • Website: Visit school website
  • Headteacher: Mr Christopher Parham
  • Age range: 2-11 years
  • Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 15 families put it first for 15 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 14 · 2024 10 · 2025 14 · 2026 10
  • Sixth form: No
  • Intake: Mixed
  • Religious character: Church of England
  • Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

124 pupils out of 84 places At or near capacity
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals: 26
  • % eligible for free school meals: 22.2%
  • 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% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
  • Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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: 6.0%
  • Persistently absent pupils: 13.4%
  • Data year: 2024/25

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

  • Pupils on SEN Support: 14.5%
  • Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
  • Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

  • Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
  • Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
  • Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
  • Other difficulty or 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: 86% (England 62%)
  • Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
  • Compared with the area: 26 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
  • Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 68% against an expected 62%)
  • 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
  • Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 86% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
  • Average test scores: reading 111, maths 107
  • Based on: 14 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

SATs results over time

2022/232023/242024/2550%57%86%
This schoolCornwall averageEngland Improving Up 36 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 26 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%).

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £5,991 (2024-25)

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