Carbeile Junior School

The inspection found Carbeile Junior School performing well overall. Personal development and wellbeing is a standout area at the strong standard, with a highly effective programme that helps pupils feel safe, valued and part of a welcoming community. Pupils love learning, behave calmly and respectfully, and benefit from strong pastoral care, diverse enrichment and opportunities to take on leadership roles. Staff know families well, and parents are highly positive about the school. Achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, and leadership and governance are all at the expected standard. Most pupils learn the curriculum well and outcomes are broadly in line with national averages, including for disadvantaged pupils. Reading is prioritised and pupils with SEND generally progress well. However, some pupils do not learn times tables quickly enough, and Year 4 multiplication check outcomes are below national averages. Some pupils' handwriting is weak, writing teaching is occasionally less effective, and support for some pupils with SEND is not always precise enough. Leaders have managed the school well since the last inspection and have used the Rame Federation, formed in 2024, to strengthen staff development and transition work with the infant school. Governors are knowledgeable and staff morale is high. The main next steps are to improve consistency in writing and handwriting across subjects and to ensure teachers make precise adaptations so that all pupils, including those with SEND, learn well.

Strengths

• Personal development and wellbeing is highly effective and impactful.
• Staff know pupils and families well and create a safe, nurturing environment.
• Additional funding is used effectively to support disadvantaged pupils and the diverse community.
• Pupils help shape school life and develop a strong sense of belonging.
• Pastoral support is robust and responsive, including for young carers and bereavement.
• Enrichment activities, clubs and community events are diverse and accessible to all.
• Pupils understand how to be responsible, resilient and safe citizens.
• Pupils respect differences and consistently show fairness and kindness.
• The majority of pupils learn the curriculum well.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve in line with their peers nationally.
• Pupils with SEND generally progress well from their starting points.
• Pupils demonstrate secure knowledge in subjects such as history and geography.
• Attendance, including persistent absence, is in line with national figures.
• Behaviour is consistently calm and respectful, with low-level disruption rare.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious and carefully sequenced.
• Reading is prioritised, with well-targeted phonics support.
• Leaders and governors are committed, and staff morale is high.
• Parents are highly positive and trust leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not learn their times tables quickly enough, so Year 4 multiplication check outcomes are below national averages.
• Some pupils' handwriting is not formed well enough.
• Teaching of writing is occasionally less effective than it should be.
• Some pupils, including those with SEND, do not receive the necessary adaptations to write well.
• Teachers sometimes do not address handwriting errors such as letter formation or pencil grip.
• Support for pupils with SEND in lessons is occasionally not precise or effective enough.
• Leaders need to strengthen consistency in the teaching of writing, including handwriting, across all subjects.
• Leaders need to support teachers to make precise adaptations so all pupils, including those with SEND, consistently learn well.

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 Carbeile Junior School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.9% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Carbeile 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 Carbeile Junior School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 18.7% of pupils at Carbeile Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Carbeile Junior School received £7,292 and spent £7,432 for each of its 268 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £245,000 (£914 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 Carbeile Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Carbeile Junior School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Carbeile Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Carbeile Junior School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Carbeile Junior School have?

Carbeile Junior School has 268 pupils on roll.

What age range does Carbeile Junior School cover?

Carbeile Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Carbeile Junior School?

Carbeile Junior School is at Trevol Road, Carbeile Junior School, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2NH.