Port Isaac Community Primary School
Mayfield Road, Port Isaac, PL29 3RT
This school is closed (it closed in April 2023).
It was replaced by Port Isaac Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Hamlyn
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Cornwall
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting
- Capacity
- 72
- Pupils on roll
- 60
- URN
- 111912
- Local authority
- Cornwall
About this school
Port Isaac Community Primary School was a foundation primary school in Port Isaac. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 60 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Port Isaac Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 45% |
| Expected standard in maths | 9% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 36% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 |
| Writing progress | -1.60 |
| Maths progress | -3.20 |
How Port Isaac Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.1% | 23.3% | 60 | — |
| Port Isaac Academy | — | 7.4% | 26.5% | 52 | 0.1 miles |
| St Kew Academy | 50% | 5.2% | 16.9% | 81 | 2.5 miles |
| St Minver School | 62% | 4.4% | 13.9% | 175 | 3.9 miles |
| St Teath Community Primary School | 50% | 5.1% | 12.1% | 145 | 4.0 miles |
| Wadebridge Primary Academy | 54% | 5.9% | 26.8% | 373 | 4.7 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.3%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 7.1%
- Persistent absence
- 28.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Port Isaac Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Port Isaac
-
St Kew Academy2.5 miles
Primary · Bodmin
-
St Minver School3.9 miles
Primary · Wadebridge
-
St Teath Community Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Bodmin
-
Wadebridge Primary Academy4.7 miles
Primary · Wadebridge
Other schools in Port Isaac
- Port Isaac Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Port Isaac Community Primary School teach?
- Port Isaac Community Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Port Isaac.
- Has Port Isaac Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Port Isaac Community Primary 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 big is Port Isaac Community Primary School?
- Port Isaac Community Primary School had 60 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are Port Isaac Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Port Isaac Community Primary 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 11 September 2023.