Mabe Community Primary School
Cunningham Park, Mabe Burnthouse, Penryn, TR10 9HB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- KERNOW LEARNING MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Watkins
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 180
- URN
- 143170
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01326372662
About this school
Mabe Community Primary School is a primary academy in Penryn. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 180 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 23 | 21 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 52% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 10% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 76% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 67% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 76% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Mabe 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 | 61% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 185 |
| 2023/24 | 175 |
| 2024/25 | 175 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mabe Community Primary School compares
Mabe Community Primary School ranked 125th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 4.7% | 19.9% | 180 | — |
| Penryn Primary Academy | 65% | 5.7% | 35.1% | 349 | 0.6 miles |
| St Francis CofE Primary School | 51% | 4.2% | 11.1% | 396 | 1.9 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth | 60% | 4.6% | 9.7% | 187 | 2.1 miles |
| Kennall Vale School | 63% | 3.8% | 9.2% | 121 | 2.2 miles |
| Falmouth Primary Academy | 69% | 5.9% | 45.8% | 201 | 2.3 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)
- 19.88%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.68%
- Persistent absence
- 9.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Penryn Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Penryn
-
St Francis CofE Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Falmouth
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth2.1 miles
Primary · Falmouth
-
Kennall Vale School2.2 miles
Primary · Truro
-
Falmouth Primary Academy2.3 miles
Primary · Falmouth
Other schools in Penryn
- Penryn Primary Academy Primary
- Penryn College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mabe Community Primary School teach?
- Mabe Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Penryn.
- Who is the headteacher of Mabe Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Mabe Community Primary School is Mr Andrew Watkins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mabe Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mabe 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 Mabe Community Primary School?
- Mabe Community Primary School has 180 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mabe Community Primary School full?
- Mabe Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 180 on roll (86%), 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 Mabe Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mabe Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mabe Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mabe Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Mabe Community Primary School?
- Mabe Community Primary School is part of KERNOW LEARNING MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Mabe Community 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 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mabe Community Primary School rank locally?
- Mabe Community Primary School ranked 125th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mabe Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Mabe Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mabe Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mabe 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 2 July 2026.