Werrington Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Yeolmbridge, North Petherwin, Launceston, PL15 8TN – View on map
- Phone: 01566772943
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jon Phillpotts
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 24
- % eligible for free school meals: 41.4%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.9% 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. 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: 9.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 28.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 38.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- 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: 18% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 42 percentage points below the Cornwall average (60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 23%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 27% · Writing 45% · Maths 27% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 27%
- Average test scores: reading 99, maths 95
- Based on: 11 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: 205th of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =202St Mark's CofE Academy25%
- #204Lanlivery Primary Academy22%
- #205Werrington Community Primary School18%
- =206Pensilva Primary School14%
- =206St Breward Community Primary School14%
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128th of 141 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #126Warbstow Primary AcademyGood
- #127Weeth Community Primary SchoolGood
- #128Werrington Community Primary SchoolGood
- #129Whitstone Primary SchoolGood
- #130Windmill Hill AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,125 (2024-25)
55th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #53Mithian School£8,235
- #54St Erme with Trispen Community Primary School£8,200
- #55Werrington Community Primary School£8,125
- #56St Neot Community Primary School£8,106
- #57Sithney Community Primary School£8,060
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