Nanstallon Community Primary School, Bodmin

Ofsted's report card from its 6 January 2026 inspection grades Nanstallon Community Primary School on 7 areas: 2 expected standard and 5 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. "Most pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, attend school regularly."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a curriculum that prepares children in the early years well for key stage 1."

Achievement - Needs attention. "In some subjects, pupils' achievement has shown improvement."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The curriculum has undergone several recent changes, particularly in English and some other subjects."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders mostly identify the learning needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) quickly and accurately, but there is more work to do to ensure that staff consistently meet their needs well."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders are clear about the need to accelerate improvement across the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "Leaders have shaped a personal development offer that reflects the school's vision of nurturing, responsible, caring citizens."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should check that the support that staff give to pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities reduces their barriers to learning so that they learn successfully. • Leaders should ensure that teaching supports pupils to learn and remember more over time and that teachers check that this is the case. • Leaders should ensure that pupils are accurate in their writing, particularly in spelling, grammar and punctuation, so that they are well prepared for the next stage of their education. • Leaders should ensure that the personal development curriculum fully develops pupils' understanding of important concepts, such as cultural diversity, which will prepare them well for life in modern Britain. • Governors should develop their expertise so that they have an accurate view of the school's performance and can hold leaders to account for the effectiveness of their work".

In its own words: "‘Everything we do is focused on giving every child the best teaching, environment, experiences and opportunities regardless of background and circumstance’ At Nanstallon we strive to be a school that is ready for children and a school that is universal in provision and fully inclusive as well as focused on the essential QI skills for lifelong learning."

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Nanstallon Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Cornwall and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 65% in reading and 35% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Nanstallon Community Primary School as their first choice and 41 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Nanstallon Community Primary School are Berrycoombe School (1.5 miles, Good, 62% reading, 62% maths); St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bodmin (1.5 miles, Good, 83% reading, 60% maths); Lanivet Community Primary School (1.7 miles, Good, 75% reading, 85% maths); and Beacon Academy (1.8 miles, Good, 93% reading, 88% maths).

Nanstallon Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

39 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Nanstallon Community Primary School (as of April 2026): 82% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 33% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (33%).

8.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 14 pupils (12.6%) received SEN support and 2 (1.8%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Nanstallon 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 tram or metro stop is Boscarne Junction (Bodmin and Wenford Railway), about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nanstallon School (sw-bound), 40 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 9 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cornwall (14).

Nanstallon Community Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.