Gorran School
St Austell, PL26 6LH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Sleep
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 91
- URN
- 111882
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01726842595
About this school
Gorran School is a community primary school in St Austell. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 91 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 56% | 82% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% | 29% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 75% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 69% | 94% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 75% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.50 | - | - |
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 Gorran 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 | 56% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 82% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 113 |
| 2023/24 | 96 |
| 2024/25 | 95 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gorran School compares
Gorran School ranked 15th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 90% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 82% | 3.7% | 8.4% | 91 | — |
| Mevagissey Community Primary School | 82% | 3.7% | 11.5% | 160 | 2.6 miles |
| Tregony Community Primary School | 83% | 4.8% | 16.9% | 171 | 4.9 miles |
| Veryan CofE School | — | 4.8% | 27% | 42 | 5.3 miles |
| Grampound-With-Creed CofE Primary School | 43% | 4.3% | 10.8% | 41 | 5.7 miles |
| St Mewan Community Primary School | 60% | 3.6% | 12.8% | 441 | 6.2 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)
- 8.42%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.69%
- Persistent absence
- 3.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mevagissey Community Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · St Austell
-
Tregony Community Primary School4.9 miles
Primary · Truro
-
Veryan CofE School5.3 miles
Primary · Truro
-
Grampound-With-Creed CofE Primary School5.7 miles
Primary · Truro
-
St Mewan Community Primary School6.2 miles
Primary · St Austell
Other schools in St Austell
Gorran School ranks 1st of the 14 ranked primary schools in St Austell.
- Bishop Bronescombe CofE School Primary
- Bugle School Primary
- Carclaze Community Primary School Primary
- Charlestown Primary School Primary
- Mevagissey Community Primary School Primary
- Mount Charles School Primary
- Nanpean Community Primary School Primary
- Roche Community Primary School Primary
- Sandy Hill Academy Primary
- Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery Primary
- St Dennis Primary Academy Primary
- St Mewan Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gorran School teach?
- Gorran School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in St Austell.
- Who is the headteacher of Gorran School?
- The headteacher of Gorran School is Mr Jonathan Sleep, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gorran School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gorran School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Gorran School?
- Gorran School has 91 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Gorran School full?
- Gorran School has capacity for 105 pupils and 91 on roll (87%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Gorran School a faith school?
- No. Gorran School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gorran School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Gorran School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Gorran 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 82% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gorran School rank locally?
- Gorran School ranked 15th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 90% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gorran School's absence rate?
- Gorran School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gorran School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gorran 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 29 June 2026.