Mullion Primary School

Mullion Primary School is performing well across all inspected areas. Inspectors found a calm, orderly and inclusive school where pupils learn and achieve well, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Since the previous inspection, leaders have raised expectations and improved outcomes, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school is part of the Truro & Penwith Academy Trust, and trustees and the local monitoring committee provide strong strategic oversight.

Strengths

• A broad and balanced curriculum is carefully sequenced from early years to Year 6.
• Reading is central to the school, with strong early reading support and challenging texts for older pupils.
• Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and well supported through adapted teaching.
• Pupils behave well in a calm, orderly and inclusive environment.
• Most pupils attend well because the school works closely with families.
• Personal development is rich, with clubs, residential visits, local heritage studies, democracy roles and careers insights.
• Pupils feel safe, and incidents of bullying are now rare.
• Trustees and local monitors provide strong challenge and support to school leaders.
• Staff value trust-led professional development and efforts to manage workload.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not consistently identify and address pupils’ misconceptions, so gaps in understanding can remain.

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 Mullion Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.0% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Mullion 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 Mullion Primary School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.3% 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, 14.4% of pupils at Mullion Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Mullion Primary School received £7,074 and spent £7,755 for each of its 144 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £139,000 (-£963 per pupil).

Across all 41 schools of Truro & Penwith Academy Trust, income was £7,781 and spending £7,890 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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All schools in Helston · Cornwall local authority: places and applications

Mullion Primary School is part of Truro & Penwith Academy Trust, which runs 41 schools. The nearest others:

• Mullion School Helston
• Landewednack Community Primary School Helston
• Helston Community College Helston
• St Hilary School Penzance
• Kennall Vale School Truro
• St Erth Community Primary School Hayle
• Hayle Academy Hayle
• Bodriggy Academy Hayle
• Ludgvan School Penzance
• Mousehole School Penzance

What is Mullion Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mullion Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Mullion Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mullion Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Mullion Primary School have?

Mullion Primary School has 132 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mullion Primary School cover?

Mullion Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mullion Primary School?

Mullion Primary School is at Willis Vean, Mullion, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 7DF.