St Ives Infant School, St Ives
St Ives Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 7 in St Ives, part of The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in February 2024. It was 70% full in 2025.
- Ofsted
- Good (2024)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cornwall (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
St Ives Infant School in detail
St Ives Infant School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £5.00 per session.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting a place at St Ives Infant School
For September 2026 entry, 37 families put St Ives Infant School as their first choice and 50 named it as one of their preferences, for 41 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at St Ives Infant School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Ives Infant School are St Ives Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Requires improvement, 83% reading, 82% maths); St Uny CofE Academy (1.6 miles, Good, 53% reading, 47% maths); Nancledra School (2.4 miles, Good, 92% reading, 85% maths); and Penpol School (3.5 miles).
St Ives Junior SchoolSt Uny CofE AcademyNancledra SchoolPenpol School
The trust
St Ives Infant School is one of 13 schools run by The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
1.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Mixed (6%).
In 2026, 13 pupils (9.8%) received SEN support and 4 (3%) 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is St Ives (Cornwall) Rail Station, about 640 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
27 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Leisure Centre (w-bound), 120 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 45 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cornwall (14), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, St Ives Infant School issued 3 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its February 2024 inspection.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.
At a Glance
18.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
22.2
Avg class size
22.2
Infant (KS1)
5
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Before and after school care
St Ives Infant School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Cornwall
Term dates
St Ives Infant School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Cornwall's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to St Ives Infant School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. St Ives Infant School is in Cornwall; for families living there:
- Cornwall's school travel policy: Home to School Travel Assistance Policy 2026/27
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Cornwall is 3 (the median across 299 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
70%
Available places
126 pupils
180 places
54 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - St Ives
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for St Ives
Across Cornwall council
Places available
6,475
Applications
4,732
Got 1st preference
95.9%
Got preferred school
99.6%
All primary applications across Cornwall council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(4)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
13
SEN Support
4
EHC Plans
12.9%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
132
Total Pupils
73
Boys
59
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
6
Teachers
22.0:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£47,873
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,926
Per pupil
£900k
Total funding
£44k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.5%
Overall absence
13.2%
Persistent absence
91
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Ives Infant School
Questions parents ask about St Ives Infant School
What is St Ives Infant School's Ofsted rating?
St Ives Infant School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in February 2024.
What is the catchment area for St Ives Infant School?
No fixed boundary. When St Ives Infant School is oversubscribed, Cornwall allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at St Ives Infant School?
St Ives Infant School was not full in 2025: it ran at 70% of its 180 places.
How big are the classes at St Ives Infant School?
Classes at St Ives Infant School average 22.2 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to St Ives Infant School?
St Ives Infant School has around 132 pupils on roll. 18% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at St Ives Infant School?
5.5% of sessions were missed at St Ives Infant School in 2024/25. 13.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to St Ives Infant School?
Apply through Cornwall's coordinated admissions process, naming St Ives Infant School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does St Ives Infant School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
St Ives Infant School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.
How many road collisions happen near St Ives Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Cornwall is 3 (the median across 299 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Ives Infant School?
St Ives Infant School is at Trenwith Burrows, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1DH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)