Trevithick Learning Academy
General Information
- Address: Mount Pleasant Road, Camborne, TR14 7RH – View on map
- Phone: 01209713460
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kirsty Hitchens
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 78 families put it first for 60 places – 13 for every 10 places. 77% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 12 · 2025 11 · 2026 13
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 142
- % eligible for free school meals: 27.3%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.6% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 28% moved to another school, 72% 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: 4.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia) 30 places · 31 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: 19.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 11.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 42 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 28 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 20 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils
- Multi-sensory impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 43 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 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: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 61% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 68% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- Based on: 60 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 111th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =111St Tudy CofE Primary School60%
- =111Trevisker Primary School60%
- =111Trevithick Learning Academy60%
- =111Wendron Church of England Primary School60%
- =121Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy59%
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143rd of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #141Treverbyn AcademyGood
- #142Trevisker Primary SchoolGood
- #143Trevithick Learning AcademyGood
- #144Troon Community Primary SchoolGood
- #145Truro Learning AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,396 (2024-25)
83rd of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #81Ladock C of E School£7,400
- #82Crowan Primary School£7,398
- #83Trevithick Learning Academy£7,396
- #84Penryn Primary Academy£7,385
- #85Polperro Primary Academy£7,364
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