St Germans Primary School
Lower Fairfield, St Germans, Saltash, PL12 5NJ
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by St Germans Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ingrid Bennett
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 58
- URN
- 111982
- Local authority
- Cornwall
About this school
St Germans Primary School was a community primary school in Saltash. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 58 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Germans 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 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 22% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.80 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - |
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 St Germans 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 | 61% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78 |
| 2023/24 | 58 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Germans Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.4% | 19% | 58 | — |
| St Germans Primary School | 79% | 4.8% | 15.7% | 41 | 0.0 miles |
| Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School | 79% | 3.8% | 12.9% | 202 | 2.4 miles |
| St Nicolas' CofE VA School, Downderry | 38% | 4.5% | 7.3% | 109 | 3.1 miles |
| Antony Church of England School | 82% | 3.9% | 8.5% | 94 | 3.2 miles |
| Burraton Community Primary School | 63% | 5.5% | 17% | 343 | 3.6 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 16.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Germans Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Saltash
-
Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Saltash
-
St Nicolas' CofE VA School, Downderry3.1 miles
Primary · Torpoint
-
Antony Church of England School3.2 miles
Primary · Torpoint
-
Burraton Community Primary School3.6 miles
Primary · Saltash
Other schools in Saltash
- Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy Primary
- Burraton Community Primary School Primary
- Landulph School Primary
- Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Germans Primary School Primary
- St Mellion Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Saltash Community School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does St Germans Primary School teach?
- St Germans Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Saltash.
- Has St Germans Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Germans 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 many pupils are at St Germans Primary School?
- St Germans Primary School had 58 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have St Germans Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Germans Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Germans 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 31 August 2024.