St Martin's CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Lake Lane, Liskeard, PL14 3DE – View on map
- Phone: 01579344042
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Victoria Bandara
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 34 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 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 130
- % eligible for free school meals: 47.6%
- 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: 26.7% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% 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: 6.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 22.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 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: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 20% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 53% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 53%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 74% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 35 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 68th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =68Falmouth Primary Academy69%
- =68Ladock C of E School69%
- =68St Martin's CofE Primary School69%
- =68Weeth Community Primary School69%
- =73Constantine Primary School68%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
111th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #109St Levan Primary SchoolGood
- #110St Mabyn CofE SchoolGood
- #111St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #112St Mary's Catholic Primary School, BodminGood
- #113St Mary's Catholic School, PenzanceGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,007 (2024-25)
182nd of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #180Chacewater Community Primary School£6,041
- #181St Stephen Churchtown Academy£6,032
- #182St Martin's CofE Primary School£6,007
- #183St Issey Church of England Primary School£5,991
- #184Tywardreath School£5,941
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