Indian Queens Primary School
Off Suncrest Estate, Indian Queens, St Columb, TR9 6QZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASPIRE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Morris Smith
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- ASPIRE Academy Trust
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 328
- URN
- 145965
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01726860540
About this school
Indian Queens Primary School is a primary academy in St Columb. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 328 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 | 55 | 54 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 50% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 4% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 67% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 65% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 65% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Indian Queens 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 | 40% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 367 |
| 2023/24 | 353 |
| 2024/25 | 337 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Indian Queens Primary School compares
Indian Queens Primary School ranked 189th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39% | 5.1% | 22.8% | 328 | — |
| Summercourt Academy | 71% | 5.7% | 17.5% | 100 | 2.2 miles |
| St Dennis Primary Academy | 65% | 7.1% | 44.7% | 187 | 2.3 miles |
| St Columb Major Academy | 77% | 5.3% | 30.6% | 300 | 2.7 miles |
| Nanpean Community Primary School | 29% | 4.6% | 18.4% | 105 | 3.4 miles |
| Whitemoor Academy | 73% | 4.3% | 28.6% | 108 | 3.4 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)
- 22.8%
- English as an additional language
- 2.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.05%
- Persistent absence
- 14.39%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Summercourt Academy2.2 miles
Primary · Newquay
-
St Dennis Primary Academy2.3 miles
Primary · St Austell
-
St Columb Major Academy2.7 miles
Primary · St Columb
-
Nanpean Community Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · St Austell
-
Whitemoor Academy3.4 miles
Primary · St. Austell
Other schools in St Columb
- St Columb Major Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Indian Queens Primary School teach?
- Indian Queens Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in St Columb.
- Who is the headteacher of Indian Queens Primary School?
- The headteacher of Indian Queens Primary School is Mr Morris Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Indian Queens Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Indian Queens 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 Indian Queens Primary School?
- Indian Queens Primary School has 328 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Indian Queens Primary School full?
- Indian Queens Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 328 on roll (78%), 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 Indian Queens Primary School a faith school?
- No. Indian Queens Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Indian Queens Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Indian Queens Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Indian Queens Primary School?
- Indian Queens Primary School is part of ASPIRE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Indian Queens Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Indian Queens Primary School rank locally?
- Indian Queens Primary School ranked 189th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Indian Queens Primary School's absence rate?
- Indian Queens Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Indian Queens Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Indian Queens 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 10 July 2026.