Calstock Community Primary School
Back Road, Calstock, PL18 9QL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Ben Towe
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- Calstock Community Primary School and Stoke Climsland School Federation
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 84
- Pupils on roll
- 60
- URN
- 111951
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01822832646
About this school
Calstock Community Primary School is a community primary school in Calstock. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 60 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 92% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 17% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 100% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 92% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 92% | 75% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 110.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
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 Calstock Community Primary 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 | 58% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 92% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64 |
| 2023/24 | 67 |
| 2024/25 | 58 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Calstock Community Primary School compares
Calstock Community Primary School ranked 40th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 7.7% | 8.6% | 60 | — |
| Bere Alston Primary Academy | 28% | 6% | 26.4% | 106 | 1.1 miles |
| Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy | — | 7.2% | 13.6% | 70 | 1.6 miles |
| Copper Valley Junior Academy | 43% | 7.9% | 25% | 91 | 1.9 miles |
| St Dominic CofE Primary School | 86% | 6.9% | 19.2% | 83 | 2.2 miles |
| Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | 47% | 5.3% | 14.9% | 91 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.62%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.71%
- Persistent absence
- 19.64%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bere Alston Primary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Yelverton
-
Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy1.6 miles
Primary · Gunnislake
-
Copper Valley Junior Academy1.9 miles
Primary · Gunnislake
-
St Dominic CofE Primary School2.2 miles
Primary
-
Harrowbarrow Primary Academy2.4 miles
Primary · Callington
Common questions
- What year groups does Calstock Community Primary School teach?
- Calstock Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Calstock.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Calstock Community Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Calstock Community Primary School is Mr Ben Towe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Calstock Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Calstock Community Primary 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 Calstock Community Primary School?
- Calstock Community Primary School has 60 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Calstock Community Primary School full?
- Calstock Community Primary School has capacity for 84 pupils and 60 on roll (71%), 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 Calstock Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Calstock Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Calstock Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Calstock Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Calstock Community Primary School?
- Calstock Community Primary School is part of the Calstock Community Primary School and Stoke Climsland School Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Calstock Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Calstock Community Primary School rank locally?
- Calstock Community Primary School ranked 40th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Calstock Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Calstock Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Calstock Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Calstock 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 29 June 2026.