St Day and Carharrack Community School

St Day and Carharrack Community School has made significant improvements since its last inspection, moving from requiring improvement to achieving good overall effectiveness. Pupils enjoy their time at school and feel safe, thanks to the supportive environment fostered by staff. The leadership team has successfully redesigned the curriculum, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics, contributing to strong pupil achievement. However, there are weaker areas in history, geography, and computing that need further development.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a supportive and caring environment.
• The curriculum is well developed in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Phonics teaching is effective and teachers are well-trained.
• All staff have high expectations for all pupils.
• Effective behaviour management has led to improved pupil conduct.
• Pupils are proud of their achievements in local sports events.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum development in history, geography, and computing is less well established.

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 Day and Carharrack Community School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.6% 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 Day and Carharrack Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Day and Carharrack Community School had 13.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.8% 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, 17.6% of pupils at St Day and Carharrack Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 Day and Carharrack Community School received £9,024 and spent £9,870 for each of its 102 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £108,000 (£1,063 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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All schools in Redruth · Cornwall local authority: places and applications

St Day and Carharrack Community School is part of The Redruth Learning Group Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Treleigh Community Primary School Redruth
• Redruth School Redruth

What is St Day and Carharrack Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Day and Carharrack Community School is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was St Day and Carharrack Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Day and Carharrack Community School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does St Day and Carharrack Community School have?

St Day and Carharrack Community School has 102 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Day and Carharrack Community School cover?

St Day and Carharrack Community School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Day and Carharrack Community School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Day and Carharrack Community School?

St Day and Carharrack Community School is at School Hill, Burnwithian, St Day, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 5LG.