Newquay Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · Mixed · Cornwall
Trevenson Road, Newquay, TR7 3BW
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 23/01/2024
Application demand
81%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
96.8%
3.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
132
Capacity used
Has space31%
420 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
81%
1st preference success rate
29 of 36 families who put it first got an offer
29
Places offered
125
Total applications
4.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 36 | 29 | ● 81% |
| 2nd preference | 64 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 25 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 125 | 29 | 23% |
1st preference success by year
Cornwall lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sarah Hildyard
- Address
- Trevenson Road, Newquay, TR7 3BW
- Phone
- 01637820150
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Ward / constituency
- Newquay Porth & Tretherras · St Austell and Newquay
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 148581
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 7% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 22% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST
132 pupils · 420 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
23 January 2024
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessEarly years Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 79 pupils
Attendance
96.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
3.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.