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St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy

Primary Ages 2-7 173 pupils Camborne
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St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy is an academy converter in Camborne for pupils aged 2 to 7. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 173 pupils on roll.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-7
Religion Church of England
Address Rectory Road
Camborne
Cornwall
TR14 7DW
Reference Number 140782

General Makeup

Number of pupils 173
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.02%
Girls: 47.98%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 34.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 9.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 27 23 50
2 13 16 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 86.7%
African 6.4%
Unclassified 4.6%
White, Other 1.7%
Pakistani 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 28 Mar 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
28 Mar 2023 School inspection
26 Jan 2017 Short inspection
03 Apr 2014 Academy conversion letter
15 Jan 2013 Interim assessment
Previously as St Meriadoc CofE Nursery and Infant School
10 Mar 2010 Full inspection:
20 Mar 2007 Full inspection:
02 Oct 2000 Full inspection

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 17 3
Third Preference 21 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy had 133 pupils for 180 places. 47 places (26.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Camborne Town” planning area

Cornwall counted 250 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 242 in 2029–30, down 3%.

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 180180180180180180180180180180180
Pupils 147147160170178162153165164141133
Unfilled 18.3%18.3%11.1%5.6%1.1%10.0%15.0%8.3%8.9%21.7%26.1%

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 Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.5%2.9%3.5%3.6%3.4%2.2%6.7%6.0%5.7%5.0%
Unauthorised absence 0.6%0.7%0.9%1.2%1.3%0.7%1.8%2.0%2.4%2.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.8%1.8%0.0%

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, 3.1% of pupils at St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.01.33.18.08.7
Permanent exclusions 00000000101

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 Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.910.18.39.49.28.58.39.08.47.88.29.5
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%0.0%9.7%4.9%10.3%0.0%0.0%17.7%11.2%12.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 54.5%50.0%53.3%57.1%53.8%–33.3%90.0%50.0%50.0%62.5%–
Sick days per teacher 2.32.86.15.56.9–12.013.69.13.514.3–

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, 20.2% of pupils at St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 19 5
Social, emotional and mental health 12 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Physical disability 0 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy received £7,829 and spent £8,106 for each of its 167 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £34,000 (£203 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,273 and spending £7,687 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £188,000£213,000£165,000£127,000£78,000£44,000£34,000
per pupil £906£1,043£828£617£352£258£203
In-year balance £68,000£20,000-£45,000£34,000£65,000-£43,000-£46,000
per pupil £328£100-£224£165£294-£247-£277

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.

Name Distance
Camborne Nursery School
The Glebe, Camborne, TR14 7DT
0.12 miles
St Meriadoc CofE Junior Academy
Cranfield Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 7PN
0.26 miles
Trevithick Learning Academy
Mount Pleasant Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 7RH
0.34 miles
Weeth Community Primary School
Holman Avenue, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 7GA
0.43 miles
St John's Catholic Primary School, Camborne
Trevu Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 7AE
0.44 miles
Penponds School
Higher Penponds, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 0QN
0.79 miles
Roskear Primary & Nursery School
Roskear, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 8DJ
0.8 miles
Rosemellin Community Primary School
Cliff View Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 8PG
0.89 miles
Kehelland Village School
Kehelland, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 0DA
1.26 miles
Troon Community Primary School
New Road, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 9ED
1.75 miles
Treloweth Community Primary School
Higher Broadlane, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3JL
2.49 miles
Crowan Primary School
Moorfield, Praze-An-Beeble, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 0LG
2.62 miles
Gwinear Community Primary School
40 Gwinear Lane, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5LA
2.71 miles
Pencoys Primary School
Loscombe Road, Four Lanes, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 6RB
2.9 miles
Illogan School
Churchtown, Illogan, Churchtown, Illogan, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 4SW
3.09 miles
Connor Downs Academy
Mutton Hill, Connor Downs, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5DH
3.28 miles
Portreath Community Primary School
Penberthy Road, Portreath, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 4LU
3.5 miles
Trewirgie Infants' School
Trewirgie Road, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 2SZ
3.56 miles
Trewirgie Junior School
Falmouth Road, Wyndhan, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 2QN
3.61 miles
Pennoweth Primary School
Drump Road, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 1NA
3.89 miles
Name Distance
Camborne Science and International Academy
Cranberry Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 7PP
0.38 miles
Pool Academy
Church Road, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3PZ
1.88 miles
Redruth School
Tolgus Vean, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 1TA
3.31 miles
Curnow School
Drump Road, Redruth, TR15 1LU
3.83 miles
Cardrew Court School
Cardrew Industrial Estate, Cardrew Way, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 1SS
4.35 miles

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St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy is part of The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy have?

St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy has 173 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy cover?

St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy?

St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy is at Rectory Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 7DW.

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