Penryn Primary Academy
Treverbyn Rise, Penryn, TR10 8RA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASPIRE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Lee
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- ASPIRE Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 525
- Pupils on roll
- 349
- URN
- 139073
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01326373290
About this school
Penryn Primary Academy is a primary academy in Penryn. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 349 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- 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 | 64 | 44 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 64% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 77% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 75% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 68% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.10 | - | - |
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 Penryn Primary Academy 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 | 63% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 378 |
| 2023/24 | 345 |
| 2024/25 | 354 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Penryn Primary Academy compares
Penryn Primary Academy ranked 83rd of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 5.7% | 35.1% | 349 | — |
| Mabe Community Primary School | 59% | 4.7% | 19.9% | 180 | 0.6 miles |
| St Francis CofE Primary School | 51% | 4.2% | 11.1% | 396 | 1.6 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth | 60% | 4.6% | 9.7% | 187 | 1.7 miles |
| Falmouth Primary Academy | 69% | 5.9% | 45.8% | 201 | 1.8 miles |
| Mylor Bridge Community Primary School | 70% | 5.5% | 7.6% | 146 | 2.1 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
-
Graded inspection report31 March 2026
- 29 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.05%
- English as an additional language
- 6.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.68%
- Persistent absence
- 14.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mabe Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Penryn
-
St Francis CofE Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Falmouth
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth1.7 miles
Primary · Falmouth
-
Falmouth Primary Academy1.8 miles
Primary · Falmouth
-
Mylor Bridge Community Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Falmouth
Other schools in Penryn
- Mabe Community Primary School Primary
- Penryn College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Penryn Primary Academy teach?
- Penryn Primary Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Penryn.
- Who is the headteacher of Penryn Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Penryn Primary Academy is Mr Chris Lee, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Penryn Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Penryn Primary Academy, 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 Penryn Primary Academy?
- Penryn Primary Academy has 349 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Penryn Primary Academy full?
- Penryn Primary Academy has capacity for 525 pupils and 349 on roll (66%), 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 Penryn Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Penryn Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Penryn Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Penryn Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Penryn Primary Academy?
- Penryn Primary Academy is part of ASPIRE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Penryn Primary Academy have?
- The schools register lists Penryn Primary Academy's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Penryn Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Penryn Primary Academy rank locally?
- Penryn Primary Academy ranked 83rd of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Penryn Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Penryn Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Penryn Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Penryn Primary Academy'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 1 July 2026.