Stithians Community Primary School

Stithians Community Primary School continues to demonstrate good educational standards in a supportive and nurturing environment. The recent leadership change has been pivotal in improving communication with parents and restoring confidence within the school community. Pupils express pride in their school and display kindness and respect towards each other, contributing to a happy school atmosphere. The curriculum is engaging and well-structured, particularly in reading, phonics, and mathematics, where pupils show a love for learning and quick recall of facts.

Strengths

• Warm and nurturing school environment
• Strong leadership that has restored community trust
• Well-designed and sequenced curriculum
• Effective phonics instruction aiding reading development
• High-quality resources promoting a love of reading
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs
• Positive relationships between staff, parents, and pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment across some subjects
• Lack of precise knowledge identification in a few curriculum areas

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 Stithians Community Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Stithians Community Primary 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 Stithians Community Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.9% 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, 26.9% of pupils at Stithians Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% 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 Stithians Community Primary School received £6,938 and spent £7,496 for each of its 175 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £142,000 (-£810 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 Stithians Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stithians Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was Stithians Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stithians Community Primary School was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does Stithians Community Primary School have?

Stithians Community Primary School has 175 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stithians Community Primary School cover?

Stithians Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Stithians Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stithians Community Primary School?

Stithians Community Primary School is at Church Road, Stithians, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 7DH.