Sennen Community Primary Academy
Sennen, Penzance, TR19 7AW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Samantha Gillion
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Truro and Penwith College
- Constituency
- St Ives
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 98
- URN
- 144894
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01736871392
About this school
Sennen Community Primary Academy is a primary academy in Penzance. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 98 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 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
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- 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 | 14 | 10 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 60% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 80% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 70% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 80% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.70 | - | - |
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 Sennen Community 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 | 64% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 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 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 89 |
| 2023/24 | 85 |
| 2024/25 | 94 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sennen Community Primary Academy compares
Sennen Community Primary Academy ranked 123rd 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 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 6.4% | 17% | 98 | — |
| St Levan Primary School | 88% | 7.9% | 13.2% | 37 | 1.8 miles |
| St Buryan Primary School | 50% | 6.1% | 28.3% | 61 | 2.9 miles |
| St Just Primary School | 72% | 4.4% | 18.5% | 163 | 3.3 miles |
| Pendeen School | 50% | 5.8% | 31.3% | 79 | 5.2 miles |
| Newlyn School | 78% | 6.1% | 41.3% | 152 | 6.5 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)
- 17.02%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.42%
- Persistent absence
- 18.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Levan Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Penzance
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St Buryan Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Penzance
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St Just Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Penzance
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Pendeen School5.2 miles
Primary · Penzance
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Newlyn School6.5 miles
Primary · Penzance
Other schools in Penzance
Sennen Community Primary Academy ranks 11th of the 18 ranked primary schools in Penzance.
- Alverton Primary School Primary
- Germoe Community Primary School Primary
- Gulval School Primary
- Heamoor Community Primary School Primary
- Ludgvan School Primary
- Madron Daniel Church of England School Primary
- Madron Daniel CofE (VA) School Primary
- Mousehole School Primary
- Nancledra School Primary
- Newlyn School Primary
- Pendeen School Primary
- Pensans Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sennen Community Primary Academy teach?
- Sennen Community Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Penzance.
- Who is the headteacher of Sennen Community Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Sennen Community Primary Academy is Ms Samantha Gillion, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sennen Community Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sennen Community 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 Sennen Community Primary Academy?
- Sennen Community Primary Academy has 98 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Sennen Community Primary Academy full?
- Sennen Community Primary Academy has capacity for 105 pupils and 98 on roll (93%), 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 Sennen Community Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Sennen Community Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Sennen Community Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Sennen Community Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Sennen Community Primary Academy?
- Sennen Community Primary Academy is part of TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Sennen Community Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% 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 Sennen Community Primary Academy rank locally?
- Sennen Community Primary Academy ranked 123rd 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 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sennen Community Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Sennen Community Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sennen Community Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sennen Community 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 10 July 2026.