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Burraton Community Primary School

Primary · Saltash · PL12 4LT

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 28 September 2023

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At a glance

343 pupils · 82% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
16.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.burraton.cornwall.sch.uk
URN
111972

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 28 September 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Designated area
0.693 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

54 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Cornwall average60.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Locking Primary SchoolWeston-Super-Mare · 86 miles awayExpected standard57%
Water Orton Primary SchoolBirmingham · 181 miles awayNeeds attention40%
The Blake Church of England Primary SchoolWitney · 153 miles awayGood52%
Windmill Primary SchoolWellingborough · 208 miles awayRequires improvement39%
Theale C.E. Primary SchoolReading · 155 miles awayOutstanding89%
Arthur Bugler Primary SchoolStanford-le-Hope · 218 miles awayNo current grade58%
Loatlands Primary SchoolKettering · 203 miles awayGood55%
Eggbuckland Vale Primary SchoolPlymouth · 5 miles awayOutstanding59%
Churchfields Primary SchoolBeckenham · 195 miles awayGood68%
Newbarns Primary and Nursery SchoolBarrow-in-Furness · 260 miles awayGood47%
Handforth Grange Primary SchoolWilmslow · 221 miles awayOutstanding74%
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolKnaresborough · 275 miles awayGood71%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
20 of 20 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Cornwall 90%, England 60%) · Not recorded 4% (Cornwall 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Cornwall 3%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Cornwall 0%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Cornwall 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Cornwall 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Cornwall 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Cornwall 1%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.74 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cornwall: 3.71 suspensions and 0.10 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

63.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,121; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,604
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £55,037; in-year balance -£193,644

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.9%62.3%
Social housing1.4%17.1%
Privately rented19.7%20.5%
Detached houses31.8%22.9%
Flats0.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018796 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,000281 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£200,000–£292,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (84)£345,000
Semi-detached (86)£250,000
Terraced (102)£207,000
Flat (9)£141,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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