Nanpean Community Primary School
St George's Road, Nanpean, St Austell, PL26 7YH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Rachel Nile
- Sponsor
- Truro and Penwith College
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 105
- URN
- 149540
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01726822447
About this school
Nanpean Community Primary School is a primary academy in St Austell. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 105 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Nanpean Community Primary School (URN 111899).
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 29% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 43% | 43% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 95.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 99.0 |
Trends over time
How Nanpean 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 | — | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 134 |
| 2024/25 | 114 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nanpean Community Primary School compares
Nanpean Community Primary School ranked 200th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% 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 | 29% | 4.6% | 18.4% | 105 | — |
| Foxhole Learning Academy | 30% | 4.5% | 34.2% | 83 | 0.7 miles |
| Whitemoor Academy | 73% | 4.3% | 28.6% | 108 | 1.0 miles |
| St Dennis Primary Academy | 65% | 7.1% | 44.7% | 187 | 1.4 miles |
| St Stephen Churchtown Academy | 58% | 5.6% | 21.3% | 284 | 1.9 miles |
| Roche Community Primary School | 55% | 5.5% | 27.3% | 200 | 3.1 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
- 18 October 2022
-
Ungraded inspection report30 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.42%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.62%
- Persistent absence
- 9.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Foxhole Learning Academy0.7 miles
Primary · St. Austell
-
Whitemoor Academy1.0 miles
Primary · St. Austell
-
St Dennis Primary Academy1.4 miles
Primary · St Austell
-
St Stephen Churchtown Academy1.9 miles
Primary · St Austell
-
Roche Community Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · St Austell
Other schools in St Austell
Nanpean Community Primary School ranks 14th of the 14 ranked primary schools in St Austell.
- Bishop Bronescombe CofE School Primary
- Bugle School Primary
- Carclaze Community Primary School Primary
- Charlestown Primary School Primary
- Gorran School Primary
- Mevagissey Community Primary School Primary
- Mount Charles School Primary
- Roche Community Primary School Primary
- Sandy Hill Academy Primary
- Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery Primary
- St Dennis Primary Academy Primary
- St Mewan Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Nanpean Community Primary School teach?
- Nanpean Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in St Austell.
- Who is the headteacher of Nanpean Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Nanpean Community Primary School is Miss Rachel Nile, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Nanpean Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nanpean 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 Nanpean Community Primary School?
- Nanpean Community Primary School has 105 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Nanpean Community Primary School full?
- Nanpean Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 105 on roll (50%), 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 Nanpean Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Nanpean Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Nanpean Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Nanpean Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Nanpean Community Primary School?
- Nanpean Community Primary School 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 Nanpean Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2023/24 and 29% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Nanpean Community Primary School rank locally?
- Nanpean Community Primary School ranked 200th of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% 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 Nanpean Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Nanpean Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Nanpean Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nanpean 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 10 July 2026.