Mount Charles School
Morven Road, St Austell, PL25 4PP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Simpson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Cornwall Education Learning Trust
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 333
- URN
- 142850
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0172673911
About this school
Mount Charles School is a primary academy in St Austell. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 333 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 61 | 61 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 52% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 8% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 64% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 67% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 54% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 Mount Charles 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 | 52% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 363 |
| 2023/24 | 367 |
| 2024/25 | 367 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mount Charles School compares
Mount Charles School ranked 106th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 4.3% | 37.9% | 333 | — |
| Sandy Hill Academy | 72% | 3.9% | 19.7% | 455 | 0.4 miles |
| Carclaze Community Primary School | 63% | 4.2% | 21% | 377 | 0.9 miles |
| Charlestown Primary School | 59% | 5.6% | 10.3% | 372 | 0.9 miles |
| Bishop Bronescombe CofE School | 58% | 4.6% | 21.8% | 267 | 1.0 miles |
| Pondhu Primary School | 47% | 5.1% | 50.3% | 187 | 1.1 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.9%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.33%
- Persistent absence
- 8.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sandy Hill Academy0.4 miles
Primary · St Austell
-
Carclaze Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · St Austell
-
Charlestown Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · St Austell
-
Bishop Bronescombe CofE School1.0 miles
Primary · St Austell
-
Pondhu Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · St. Austell
Other schools in St Austell
Mount Charles School ranks 6th 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
- Gorran School Primary
- Mevagissey Community Primary 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 Mount Charles School teach?
- Mount Charles School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in St Austell.
- Who is the headteacher of Mount Charles School?
- The headteacher of Mount Charles School is Mrs Sarah Simpson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mount Charles School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mount Charles 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 Mount Charles School?
- Mount Charles School has 333 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mount Charles School full?
- Mount Charles School has capacity for 446 pupils and 333 on roll (75%), 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 Mount Charles School a faith school?
- No. Mount Charles School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mount Charles School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mount Charles School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Mount Charles School?
- Mount Charles School is part of CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Mount Charles School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mount Charles School rank locally?
- Mount Charles School ranked 106th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mount Charles School's absence rate?
- Mount Charles School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mount Charles School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mount Charles 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 2 July 2026.