Tregolls Academy
General Information
- Address: Chellew Road, Truro, TR1 1LH – View on map
- Phone: 01872274020
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Luke Rees
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 16 places – 9 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 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 78
- % eligible for free school meals: 37.3%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 17% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 37.5% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% 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: 5.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Multi-sensory impairmentPhysical disability 11 places · 10 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 10.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card February 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Needs attention
- Leadership and governance Needs attention
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Inadequate (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 47% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 13 percentage points below the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 39% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 39%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 56% · Writing 62% · Maths 50% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 99
- Based on: 34 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 168th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =168Pondhu Primary School47%
- =168St Erme with Trispen Community Primary School47%
- =168Tregolls Academy47%
- =174Mullion Primary School46%
- =174Rosemellin Community Primary School46%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,026 (2024-25)
36th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #34Trewidland Primary School£9,086
- #35Darite Primary Academy£9,077
- #36Tregolls Academy£9,026
- #37St Mabyn CofE School£8,962
- #38Blisland Primary Academy£8,953
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