Lewannick Community Primary School, Launceston
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Lewannick is a warm, welcoming community where children arrive eager to learn and feel safe and happy. The school delivers an ambitious curriculum with subject experts teaching the wider subjects, and has particularly strong reading teaching from the early years onwards. Parents and carers overwhelmingly agree that their children thrive at the school, and the school's commitment to enrichment activities and preparing pupils for their next steps is excellent.
Key Strengths
- Excellent early reading programme - children learn sounds and read with increasing accuracy and confidence from an early age
- Strong personal development curriculum that teaches pupils about equality, diversity, respect and healthy relationships from the early years
- Well-designed early years provision that builds secure foundations for learning, with staff encouraging questioning and problem-solving
- Positive school culture where pupils feel safe, happy and motivated - parents overwhelmingly agree their children thrive
- Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities with teachers making good use of individual pupil information
Areas for Improvement
- Writing teaching is not as effective as it could be - some writing tasks are too complex or don't give pupils enough opportunity to write at length
- New curriculum initiatives and learning activities are not fully embedded across the school - some are not being used as effectively as they could be
- Some learning activities don't enable pupils to deepen their knowledge and understanding sufficiently
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created a positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Cross country, team sports festivals, trips, visitors into school, breakfast club
Lewannick Community Primary School is a welcoming community where pupils thrive and show high levels of engagement in their learning. The school has made significant improvements since joining An Daras Multi-Academy Trust, with clear progression in learning from early years to Year 6 and strong foundations in reading.
At a Glance
26.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
28 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 44% to 89%. Maths has improved from 67% to 100%. Writing has improved from 44% to 78%.
Class Sizes
21.0
Avg class size
22.0
KS2
3
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
71%
Available places
85 pupils
119 capacity
34 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Launceston
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Launceston
Admissions Demand - Cornwall
Places available
6,695
Applications
4,808
Got 1st preference
95.7%
Got preferred school
99.3%
Primary admissions across Cornwall (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.71351%
Overall absence
10.76923%
Persistent absence
65
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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