Penpol School
2 St George's Road, Hayle, TR27 4AH
This school is closed (it closed in September 2025).
It was replaced by Penpol School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Coyle-Chislett
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 433
- URN
- 111849
- Local authority
- Cornwall
About this school
Penpol School was a community primary school in Hayle. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 433 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Penpol 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 | 59 | 59 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 53% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 3% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 71% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 63% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 63% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Penpol 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 | 59% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 406 |
| 2023/24 | 441 |
| 2024/25 | 433 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Penpol School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 5% | 20.5% | 433 | — |
| Penpol School | — | — | — | 429 | 0.0 miles |
| Bodriggy Academy | 51% | 5.7% | 37% | 325 | 0.5 miles |
| St Erth Community Primary School | 63% | 5.3% | 20.8% | 105 | 1.2 miles |
| St Uny CofE Academy | 33% | 6.3% | 14% | 235 | 2.1 miles |
| Connor Downs Academy | 65% | 4.9% | 18.1% | 168 | 2.4 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)
- 20.45%
- English as an additional language
- 0.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.01%
- Persistent absence
- 11.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Penpol School0.0 miles
Primary · Hayle
-
Bodriggy Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Hayle
-
St Erth Community Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Hayle
-
St Uny CofE Academy2.1 miles
Primary · St Ives
-
Connor Downs Academy2.4 miles
Primary · Hayle
Other schools in Hayle
- Bodriggy Academy Primary
- Connor Downs Academy Primary
- Gwinear Community Primary School Primary
- Leedstown Community Primary School Primary
- Penpol School Primary
- St Erth Community Primary School Primary
- Hayle Academy Secondary
- The Cornwall Independent School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Penpol School teach?
- Penpol School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Hayle.
- Has Penpol School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Penpol 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 Penpol School?
- Penpol School had 433 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Penpol School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Penpol School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Penpol 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 30 September 2025.