Harrowbarrow Primary Academy

Harrowbarrow School is currently rated as requiring improvement across all areas of its performance. While pupils enjoy attending the school and engage positively with staff during lessons, there are concerns regarding behavior outside of the classroom. The school has not effectively managed behavior incidents, leading to challenges in fostering a respectful environment among pupils. Additionally, the curriculum lacks a clear vision and coherence, hindering pupils' ability to build on their knowledge effectively, particularly in subjects like writing and art. Safeguarding measures are deemed effective, and there is strong parental support for the school.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate enjoyment in attending school.
• Reception children receive a strong start in phonics and numbers.
• Strong subject knowledge among staff in phonics delivery.
• Pupils benefit from a variety of clubs and enrichment activities.
• Parents express positivity about the school's nurturing relationships.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum lacks coherence and is poorly designed.
• Inconsistency in managing pupil behavior, resulting in a lack of mutual respect.
• Misconceptions in subjects are not routinely addressed.
• Plans for pupils with SEND are too broad and not closely linked to the curriculum.
• Governors lack a wholly accurate understanding of the school's impact.

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 Harrowbarrow Primary Academy attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.7% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Harrowbarrow Primary Academy 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 Harrowbarrow Primary Academy had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.5% 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, 13.2% of pupils at Harrowbarrow Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 2024–25 Harrowbarrow Primary Academy received £7,404 and spent £7,812 for each of its 101 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £75,000 (£747 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Bridge Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,573 and spending £7,633 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Harrowbarrow Primary Academy is part of Bridge Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy Gunnislake
• Copper Valley Junior Academy Gunnislake
• Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy Saltash
• Darite Primary Academy Liskeard
• St Cleer Primary Academy Liskeard
• Trenode CofE VA Primary Academy Looe
• Duloe CofE VA Primary Academy Liskeard
• Looe Primary Academy Looe
• Pelynt Primary Academy
• Polperro Primary Academy Looe

What is Harrowbarrow Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harrowbarrow Primary Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Harrowbarrow Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Harrowbarrow Primary Academy have?

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy has 91 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harrowbarrow Primary Academy cover?

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Harrowbarrow Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Harrowbarrow Primary Academy?

Harrowbarrow Primary Academy is at School Road, Harrowbarrow, Callington, Cornwall, PL17 8BQ.