Weeth Community Primary School
Holman Avenue, Camborne, TR14 7GA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CROFTY EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alexandra Craig
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 182
- URN
- 143447
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01209713934
About this school
Weeth Community Primary School is a primary academy in Camborne. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 182 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 70% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 7% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 80% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 83% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 77% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| 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 Weeth 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 | 67% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 199 |
| 2023/24 | 195 |
| 2024/25 | 191 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Weeth Community Primary School compares
Weeth Community Primary School ranked 69th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4.7% | 27.8% | 182 | — |
| St Meriadoc CofE Junior Academy | 60% | 5.8% | 41.9% | 216 | 0.4 miles |
| St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy | — | 7.6% | 43.9% | 173 | 0.4 miles |
| Rosemellin Community Primary School | 46% | 5.4% | 32.3% | 380 | 0.7 miles |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Camborne | 85% | 6.5% | 25% | 149 | 0.7 miles |
| Trevithick Learning Academy | 60% | 4.3% | 27.3% | 520 | 0.7 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
- 13 June 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report10 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.75%
- English as an additional language
- 7.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.73%
- Persistent absence
- 6.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Meriadoc CofE Junior Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Camborne
-
St Meriadoc CofE Infant Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Camborne
-
Rosemellin Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Camborne
-
St John's Catholic Primary School, Camborne0.7 miles
Primary · Camborne
-
Trevithick Learning Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Camborne
Other schools in Camborne
Weeth Community Primary School ranks 4th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Camborne.
- Crowan Primary School Primary
- Kehelland Village School Primary
- Penponds School Primary
- Rosemellin Community Primary 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
- Camborne Nursery School Nursery
- Camborne Science and International Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Weeth Community Primary School teach?
- Weeth Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Camborne.
- Who is the headteacher of Weeth Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Weeth Community Primary School is Mrs Alexandra Craig, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Weeth Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Weeth 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 Weeth Community Primary School?
- Weeth Community Primary School has 182 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Weeth Community Primary School full?
- Weeth Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 182 on roll (87%), 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 Weeth Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Weeth Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Weeth Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Weeth Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Weeth Community Primary School?
- Weeth 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 Weeth Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Weeth Community Primary School rank locally?
- Weeth Community Primary School ranked 69th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Weeth Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Weeth 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 Weeth Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Weeth 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.