St Germans Primary School, Saltash

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades St Germans Primary School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders are ambitious and relentless in their drive to give every child the best possible start in their education."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "School leaders, including those from the trust, provide strong strategic direction and are relentless in their drive to secure improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have embedded a well-planned personal, social and health curriculum that builds progressively from the early years to Year 6."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well in national tests, and many perform better than their peers nationally."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils enjoy attending school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is ambitious and carefully designed to meet the needs of mixed-age classes."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have embedded effective systems that identify and assess the needs of disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure the monitoring of progress for those pupils who face any barriers to learning is more rigorous to ensure their needs are swiftly and effectively addressed"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers' expectations of what pupils can achieve and the quality of the work they produce are consistently high across all subjects, especially in the accuracy of their writing"; "Leaders should further develop pupils' enthusiasm for learning and aspirations for themselves so that they develop self-discipline and a greater dedication to their education".

The school day runs from 8:45am to 3:15pm.

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 12 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils at St Germans Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 86% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Cornwall and 77% and 75% across England.

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

For September 2026 entry, 3 families put St Germans Primary School as their first choice and 16 named it as one of their preferences, for 3 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 St Germans Primary School are Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School (2.4 miles, Good, 91% reading, 85% maths); St Nicolas' CofE VA School, Downderry (3.1 miles, Good, 77% reading, 69% maths); Antony Church of England School (3.2 miles, Good, 91% reading, 82% maths); and Burraton Community Primary School (3.6 miles, Good, 70% reading, 70% maths).

St Germans Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

St Germans Primary School is one of 14 schools run by St Barnabas Church of England Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

16 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Germans Primary School (as of September 2025): 81% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 57% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school supports their child's wider development (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (57%).

12.2% 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, 2 pupils (4.9%) received SEN support and 2 (4.9%) 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.

St Germans Primary School had 4 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is St Germans Rail Station, about 410 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rail Station (w-bound), 240 metres away.

St Germans Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.