Nanstallon Community Primary School, Bodmin
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Nanstallon creates a warm, caring environment where children develop strong relationships with staff and feel truly valued. The school excels in the early years, with excellent phonics teaching and close partnerships with parents to support learning. Pupils behave well, attend regularly, and enjoy a range of enriching experiences that build their confidence and resilience.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture with open communication and clear procedures
- Effective early years provision with good phonics teaching and parental engagement
- Good behavior and attendance, with pupils feeling safe and respected
- Staff feel well supported and morale is positive
- Caring relationships between staff and pupils that help children feel valued
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistent teaching quality across the curriculum with gaps in essential knowledge like handwriting, spelling and punctuation
- Pupils' reading progress slows in key stage 2, affecting national test results
- Support for pupils with SEND is not consistently effective or rigorously monitored
- Governors lack a clear understanding of pupil achievement and do not challenge leaders robustly enough
- Personal development curriculum does not adequately cover cultural diversity and British values
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Musical instrument lessons, first-aid training, sports tournaments, local community performances, guest speakers, outdoor learning
Nanstallon Community Primary School is a caring environment where pupils feel safe and supported, but there are inconsistencies in how well pupils learn across the curriculum, particularly in reading and writing in key stage 2.
At a Glance
8.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 65% to 60%. Maths has improved from 35% to 87%. Writing has improved from 60% to 73%.
Class Sizes
23.0
Avg class size
21.0
Infant (KS1)
23.0
KS2
5
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
93%
Near capacity
111 pupils
119 capacity
8 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Bodmin
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Bodmin
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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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.23718%
Overall absence
7.76699%
Persistent absence
103
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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