St Ives Junior School

St Ives Junior School, previously rated 'Outstanding', is currently assessed as 'Requires Improvement'. The school has faced significant challenges over the years, including a long gap since its last inspection, during which it was exempt from routine evaluations. Recent efforts have been made to overhaul the curriculum, but the quality of education has not yet fully caught up to the high ambitions that have been established. While students enjoy a supportive environment and demonstrate positive attitudes, the effectiveness of teaching methods, particularly in reading and curriculum delivery, needs enhancement.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and enjoy school.
• The school effectively supports pupils with emotional difficulties.
• The newly overhauled curriculum is well sequenced and ambitious.
• Pupils demonstrate strong personal development and leadership skills through various roles and activities.
• Reading is prioritized and encourages pupils to develop fluency.

Areas for Improvement

• The quality of education requires improvement.
• Teachers sometimes do not adapt learning effectively to meet pupils' needs.
• Support for pupils who have fallen behind in reading is not effective.
• There are unclear systems for checking pupil knowledge across the wider curriculum.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Ives Junior School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.8% of pupils at St Ives Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Ives Junior School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.7% of pupils at St Ives Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Ives Junior School received £8,157 and spent £7,856 for each of its 197 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £129,000 (£653 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Ives Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Ives Junior School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was St Ives Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Ives Junior School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does St Ives Junior School have?

St Ives Junior School has 197 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Ives Junior School cover?

St Ives Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are St Ives Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Ives Junior School?

St Ives Junior School is at The Burrows, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1DN.