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Fourlanesend Community Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncil58 pupilsTorpointCornwall
School Chooser Score
18
Below
similar schools
Likely range 6 to 46, so it could be “well below”
Out of 100. Better than 48% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, April 2025
Reached the expected level at 1145%England 63%
Attendance94.9%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families26%About the same as most schools in England
Places53 spare58 pupils, 111 places
Pupils per teacher13.2School workforce census

Fourlanesend Community Primary School is a council school in Torpoint for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 58 pupils and room for 111. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 18 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 48% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

Fourlanesend, Cawsand, Torpoint, PL10 1LR01752 822502fourlanesendprimary.co.ukMrs Naomi Lee headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 29 April 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

11 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. With a year group this small, a couple of children can move the percentages a long way.

Reached the expected level at 1145%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level0%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score105.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score103.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 50%50%20172018: 83%83%20182019: 76%76%20192023: 40%40%20232024: 43%43%20242025: 45%45%2025
Since 2017: -5%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017CornwallEngland
Pupils tested1114151768
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths45%43%40%76%83%50%60%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths0%0%13%18%0%0%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score105.0104.0106.0110.0108.0107.0105.4105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score103.098.0104.0106.0107.0100.0103.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score102.0101.0103.0106.0109.0102.0103.8105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard82%64%73%88%83%75%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard82%50%67%94%83%50%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)55%50%40%76%83%63%
Reading progressReading progress score+2.6+5.5-3.2-2.7
Maths progressMaths progress score+0.4+0.2-3.7-6.4
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged83%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Plenty of spare places63 pupils for 144 places, 2024/25
44% full

81 places were empty (56% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 31% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Cornwall council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll58Census January 2026
Places11152% full
Pupils from low-income families26%26% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support19%11 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan0%0 pupils with a plan
Average class size19.01 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)27%£24,800 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls38 / 20
White British pupils88%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (5), language and communications needs (5), Moderate learning difficulty (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll586276909397
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals26%29%32%27%25%29%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3%2%3%2%1%1%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support21%21%8%10%17%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans0%1%2%2%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.9%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school10.7%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils32.32024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.7%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.1%6.2%6.4%8.2%3.5%5.0%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.4%5.2%5.3%7.3%2.4%3.8%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.7%1.1%1.1%1.0%1.1%1.3%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence10.7%17.8%14.8%29.1%6.2%12.9%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate32.32.60.00.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers4.4full-time equivalent, 5 people
Pupils per teacher13.2Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants3.3full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£46,117
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher13.32024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£10,886England £7,738. Total £675k
Income per pupil£10,533England £7,697. Total £653k
Spent on teachers per pupil£5,107England £3,480
Money in reserve9%A healthy amount put by: £58k, £937 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£22kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£10,886spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate35 per 1,000 people61% lower than the England average
Typical house price£289,950Cornwall
Nearest bus stop60 mFourlanesend Sch Jackmans Meadow, 10 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Millbrook CofE Primary SchoolAcademy0.8 miles90Not inspected89Compare
Mount Wise Community Primary SchoolAcademy2.3 miles248Good 202212Compare
Marlborough Primary AcademyAcademy2.6 miles103Good 202320Compare
Carbeile Junior SchoolCouncil2.6 miles268Report card 202619Compare
St George's CofE Primary AcademyAcademy2.6 miles94Report card 202647Compare
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy2.7 miles201Report card 20266Compare
Antony Church of England SchoolAcademy2.8 miles94Report card 202662Compare
High Street Primary AcademyAcademy3.0 miles214Good 202353Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Fourlanesend Community Primary School with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats48%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the lower half of its group. Its score of 18 is about the same as the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 0 · middle 19 · highest 90100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 18 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 18% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 6 to 46. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.20
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 11 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 1.4 years old
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.15
DfE progress measure; 11 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%below
-0.05
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
+0.01
2024/25; 56 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%below
-0.07
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 11 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Fourlanesend Community Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Fourlanesend Community Primary School scores 18 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 48% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 6 to 46, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Fourlanesend Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Fourlanesend Community Primary School not judged at its last full inspection on 29 April 2025.

How good are Fourlanesend Community Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 45% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 0% went further and reached the higher level. The year group was small, so the percentages jump around a lot from year to year.

How many pupils does Fourlanesend Community Primary School have?

58 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 111 places, so it is 52% full.

Is Fourlanesend Community Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 81 places were empty in 2024/25 (56% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Fourlanesend Community Primary School?

Pupils were in school 94.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 11% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Fourlanesend Community Primary School?

The average class had 19.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Fourlanesend, Cawsand, Torpoint, PL10 1LR
Telephone
01752 822502
Website
www.fourlanesendprimary.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Naomi Lee
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Cornwall
Ward
Rame Peninsula & St Germans
Constituency
South East Cornwall
Setting
Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
URN
111960 · LAESTAB 9082713 · UKPRN 10074351

Where these figures come from