Torpoint Nursery and Infant School

Torpoint Nursery and Infant School is a happy, high-performing school where pupils feel safe, behave exceptionally well and learn well. The inspection found strong quality of education and leadership, with outstanding behaviour and attitudes, personal development and early years provision. Pupils are well prepared for junior school, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school benefits from ambitious leadership, a well-designed curriculum rooted in its local context, strong support for pupils with SEND, effective reading and phonics teaching, and exceptionally strong pastoral care and personal development. Staff morale is high, governance is strong, and engagement with parents and carers is excellent. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first since 2015, when it was exempt from routine inspection because it had been judged outstanding; under the current framework, no overall effectiveness grade was awarded. The main area for improvement is writing. Some pupils who find writing more difficult are not always given the right level of scaffolding or adaptation, which means they struggle to write fluently and do not progress through the writing curriculum as well as they could.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, safe and learn in a calm, purposeful environment.
• Behaviour and attitudes are impeccable across lessons and social times.
• Pastoral support is excellent, including 'Worry monsters' and 'Forces Friends'.
• Personal development is exceptionally strong, with extensive clubs and community contribution.
• Leadership is determined and ambitious, with a united vision and high staff morale.
• The curriculum is well designed and draws effectively on the local area.
• Pupils with SEND receive high-quality support matched closely to their learning plans.
• Early years provision is outstanding, with children flourishing as independent learners.
• Reading is central, and phonics teaching is strong with effective catch-up support.
• Pupils develop a deep love of reading.
• Lunchtimes are joyful, with activities such as the 'friendly lunch club'.
• The school works closely with families to ensure good attendance.
• Governance is strong and the governing body knows the school well.
• Engagement with parents and carers is excellent.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils who find writing more difficult do not receive appropriate scaffolding or adaptation.
• These pupils struggle to write fluently and do not progress securely through the writing 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 Torpoint Nursery and Infant School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.4% 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 Torpoint Nursery and Infant 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 Torpoint Nursery and Infant School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.3% 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, 22.1% of pupils at Torpoint Nursery and Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Torpoint Nursery and Infant School received £7,778 and spent £7,701 for each of its 198 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £118,000 (£596 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 Torpoint Nursery and Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Torpoint Nursery and Infant School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Torpoint Nursery and Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Torpoint Nursery and Infant School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Torpoint Nursery and Infant School have?

Torpoint Nursery and Infant School has 204 pupils on roll.

What age range does Torpoint Nursery and Infant School cover?

Torpoint Nursery and Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Torpoint Nursery and Infant School?

Torpoint Nursery and Infant School is at Albion Road, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2LU.