Leedstown Community Primary School, Hayle
Leedstown Community Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Hayle, part of Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2013. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in March 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2024 Key Stage 2 results were the 5th-highest of the 5 schools in Hayle with published results, and 11,816th of 13,912 across England. It was 69% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2013)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cornwall (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Leedstown Community Primary School in detail
Results
In 2024, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Leedstown Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 50% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 70% in Cornwall and 76% and 74% across England.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Leedstown Community Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 12 families put Leedstown Community Primary School as their first choice and 23 named it as one of their preferences, for 13 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Leedstown Community Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Leedstown Community Primary School are Godolphin Primary School (1.8 miles, Good, 63% reading, 75% maths); Gwinear Community Primary School (2 miles, Good, 63% reading, 69% maths); Crowan Primary School (2.6 miles, 90% reading, 90% maths); and Bodriggy Academy (3 miles, Good, 68% reading, 66% maths).
Godolphin Primary SchoolGwinear Community Primary SchoolCrowan Primary SchoolBodriggy Academy
The trust
Leedstown Community Primary School is one of 21 schools run by Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
What parents say
27 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Leedstown Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 85% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 40% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (40%).
Who goes there
In 2026, 13 pupils (17.6%) received SEN support and 1 (1.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.
Staffing
Leedstown Community Primary School had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 9 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hayle Rail Station, about 3.3 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rodwill Close (sw-bound), 220 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 4 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cornwall (14).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Leedstown Community Primary School issued 28 suspensions, 37.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from July 2013, 13 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's March 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Your child will thrive in a warm, friendly environment where staff genuinely care about them as individuals and know them well. The school excels at teaching reading, mathematics and provides a carefully planned curriculum that goes beyond the basics. Your child will benefit from enriching trips, outdoor learning and a strong community spirit.
Key Strengths
- Excellent teaching of reading with well-matched books and targeted support for pupils at risk
- Strong and well-sequenced curriculum that makes learning relevant to pupils' direct experiences and broadens their opportunities
- Outstanding behaviour and attendance with very rare bullying and strong staff-pupil relationships
- Excellent provision for pupils with special educational needs and those learning English as an additional language
- Extensive enrichment through trips, visits, outdoor learning and well-planned extra-curricular activities
Areas for Improvement
- Newer curriculum changes in history and geography need more time to embed so that pupils remember and recall knowledge as securely as in established subjects
- Pupils need more opportunities to develop historical thinking skills, such as using evidence to act as historians themselves
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with leaders and staff maintaining an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Trips and visits, outdoor learning, physical education, games, well-being activities
Leedstown Community Primary School has successfully maintained the standards from its previous Good rating. Pupils learn happily at this friendly, community-focused school with high expectations and strong leadership.
At a Glance
17.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
27 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2023/24KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
2023/24 academic year
Class Sizes
29.0
Avg class size
29.0
KS2
1
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Term dates
Leedstown Community Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Cornwall's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Leedstown Community Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Leedstown Community Primary School is in Cornwall; for families living there:
- Cornwall's school travel policy: Home to School Travel Assistance Policy 2026/27
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Cornwall is 3 (the median across 299 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
69%
Available places
61 pupils
88 places
27 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Hayle
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Hayle
Across Cornwall council
Places available
6,475
Applications
4,732
Got 1st preference
95.9%
Got preferred school
99.6%
All primary applications across Cornwall council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(3)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
13
SEN Support
1
EHC Plans
18.9%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
74
Total Pupils
45
Boys
29
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
7
Teachers
10.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£48,925
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,904
Per pupil
£489k
Total funding
£12k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.8%
Overall absence
17.7%
Persistent absence
62
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Questions parents ask about Leedstown Community Primary School
What are SATs results like at Leedstown Community Primary School?
Of the pupils at Leedstown Community Primary School who took the 2024 Key Stage 2 assessments, 75% reached the expected standard in reading and 50% did so in maths.
What is Leedstown Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Leedstown Community Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in March 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in July 2013, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Leedstown Community Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Leedstown Community Primary School is oversubscribed, Cornwall allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Leedstown Community Primary School?
Leedstown Community Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 69% of its 88 places.
How big are the classes at Leedstown Community Primary School?
Classes at Leedstown Community Primary School average 29 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Leedstown Community Primary School?
Leedstown Community Primary School has around 74 pupils on roll. 18% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Leedstown Community Primary School?
5.8% of sessions were missed at Leedstown Community Primary School in 2024/25. 17.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Leedstown Community Primary School?
Apply through Cornwall's coordinated admissions process, naming Leedstown Community Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Leedstown Community Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Cornwall is 3 (the median across 299 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Leedstown Community Primary School?
Leedstown Community Primary School is at Townshend Road, Leedstown, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 6AA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)