Nanpean Community Primary School, St Austell

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Nanpean Community Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders are effective in sustaining pupils' high attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum has been a priority for improvement under the new leadership of the school."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years benefit from a well-considered curriculum offer."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff are committed to ensuring that all pupils are supported to be successful in their learning and development, regardless of their starting points."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Since joining the trust, leaders, school based and from the trust, have needed to improve standards."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have carefully designed a personal development programme, adapted appropriately to meet the needs of pupils in their local community."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Over time pupils have not achieved well at the end of key stage 2."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils achieve well at the end of key stage 2 across reading, writing and mathematics and that these published outcomes fully reflect the quality of the curriculum, preparing pupils well for their next steps in education"; "Leaders should ensure that they fully embed the work started to establish consistency and sustained impact on pupils' education offer over time, across the academic curriculum, behaviour and attitudes to learning as well as pupils' personal development".

In its own words: "To create and maintain a physical environment that promotes and reinforces the value, safety and inclusion of all individuals"

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, cricket, basketball, recorder, Lego, art and sewing.

In 2025, 29% of Year 6 pupils at Nanpean Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 50% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Cornwall and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 64% in reading and 64% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put Nanpean Community Primary School as their first choice and 33 named it as one of their preferences, for 13 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Nanpean Community Primary School are Foxhole Learning Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 70% reading, 50% maths); Whitemoor Academy (1 mile, Good, 82% reading, 100% maths); St Dennis Primary Academy (1.4 miles, Good, 70% reading, 75% maths); and St Stephen Churchtown Academy (1.9 miles, Good, 78% reading, 69% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Nanpean Community Primary School.

Nanpean Community Primary School is one of 41 schools run by Truro & Penwith Academy Trust, an academy trust.

16.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 18 pupils (17.1%) received SEN support and 1 (1%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Nanpean Community Primary School had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is St Columb Road Rail Station, about 3.9 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Georges Road (e-bound), 120 metres away.

In 2024/25, Nanpean Community Primary School issued 14 suspensions, 12.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.