Rosemellin Community Primary School
Cliff View Road, Camborne, TR14 8PG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CROFTY EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Charlene Sargent
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 380
- URN
- 143444
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01209712313
About this school
Rosemellin Community Primary School is a primary academy in Camborne. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 380 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Rosemellin Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- 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 | 60 | 56 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 48% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 5% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 68% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 64% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 55% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.80 | - | - |
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 Rosemellin 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 | 62% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 396 |
| 2023/24 | 396 |
| 2024/25 | 387 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rosemellin Community Primary School compares
Rosemellin Community Primary School ranked 174th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 5.4% | 32.3% | 380 | — |
| Roskear Primary & Nursery School | 58% | 6.5% | 34.1% | 404 | 0.3 miles |
| Weeth Community Primary School | 69% | 4.7% | 27.8% | 182 | 0.7 miles |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Camborne | 85% | 6.5% | 25% | 149 | 0.8 miles |
| St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy | — | 7.6% | 43.9% | 173 | 0.9 miles |
| Trevithick Learning Academy | 60% | 4.3% | 27.3% | 520 | 1.0 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)
- 32.3%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.36%
- Persistent absence
- 12.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Roskear Primary & Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Camborne
-
Weeth Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Camborne
-
St John's Catholic Primary School, Camborne0.8 miles
Primary · Camborne
-
St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Camborne
-
Trevithick Learning Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Camborne
Other schools in Camborne
Rosemellin Community Primary School ranks 9th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Camborne.
- Crowan Primary School Primary
- Kehelland Village School Primary
- Penponds School Primary
- Roskear Primary & Nursery School Primary
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Camborne Primary
- St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy Primary
- St Meriadoc CofE Junior Academy Primary
- Trevithick Learning Academy Primary
- Troon Community Primary School Primary
- Weeth Community Primary School Primary
- Camborne Nursery School Nursery
- Camborne Science and International Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Rosemellin Community Primary School teach?
- Rosemellin Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Camborne.
- Who is the headteacher of Rosemellin Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Rosemellin Community Primary School is Miss Charlene Sargent, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Rosemellin Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rosemellin 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 many pupils are at Rosemellin Community Primary School?
- Rosemellin Community Primary School has 380 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Rosemellin Community Primary School full?
- Rosemellin Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 380 on roll (90%), 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 Rosemellin Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Rosemellin Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Rosemellin Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Rosemellin Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Rosemellin Community Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Rosemellin Community Primary School is part of CROFTY EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Rosemellin Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rosemellin Community Primary School compare with other schools in Cornwall?
- Rosemellin Community Primary School ranked 174th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rosemellin Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Rosemellin Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rosemellin Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rosemellin 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.