Marazion School
School Lane, Marazion, TR17 0DG
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Marazion School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Jenny Rainbow
- Constituency
- St Ives
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 101
- URN
- 111792
- Local authority
- Cornwall
About this school
Marazion School was a foundation primary school in Marazion. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 101 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Marazion School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 25 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 39% | 28% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 68% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 36% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 52% | 45% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 98.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Marazion School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cornwall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 28% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 123 |
| 2023/24 | 115 |
| 2024/25 | 101 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Marazion School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 6.4% | 35.6% | 101 | — |
| Marazion School | — | — | — | 99 | 0.0 miles |
| Ludgvan School | 38% | 4.4% | 12.4% | 199 | 1.6 miles |
| St Hilary School | 62% | 4.7% | 14.2% | 206 | 1.9 miles |
| Gulval School | 75% | 5.3% | 19.2% | 223 | 2.7 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance | 63% | 9.2% | 53% | 139 | 3.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.64%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 6.38%
- Persistent absence
- 18.18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marazion School0.0 miles
Primary · Marazion
-
Ludgvan School1.6 miles
Primary · Penzance
-
St Hilary School1.9 miles
Primary · Penzance
-
Gulval School2.7 miles
Primary · Penzance
-
St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance3.2 miles
Primary · Penzance
Other schools in Marazion
- Marazion School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Marazion School teach?
- Marazion School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Marazion.
- Has Marazion School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Marazion School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Marazion School?
- Marazion School had 101 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Marazion School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 39% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Marazion School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Marazion School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.