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Boyton Community Primary School

Primary · Launceston · PL15 9RJ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 June 2025

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At a glance

28 pupils · 50% of 56 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
37% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.boyton.cornwall.sch.uk/
URN
140576

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 2 families named it first for 2 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 17 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
25%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
97
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 school25%
Median of its 12 closest peers50%
Cornwall average60.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Coads Green Primary SchoolLaunceston · 10 miles awayGood50%
St Mawes Primary SchoolTruro · 47 miles awayNo current grade50%
Cusgarne Primary SchoolTruro · 47 miles awayExpected standard68%
St Levan Primary SchoolPenzance · 71 miles awayGood88%
Happisburgh Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich · 292 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Gainford Church of England Primary School and PreschoolDarlington · 288 miles awayGood67%
Buckland Brewer Primary SchoolBideford · 19 miles awayRequires improvement33%
Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 43 miles awayGood67%
Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk · 210 miles awayGood60%
Sledmere Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield · 283 miles awayGood45%
St James' CofE Primary School, ColdwalthamPulborough · 168 miles awayGood20%
Kirmington CofE Primary SchoolUlceby · 263 miles awayGood40%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Cornwall 90%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Cornwall 1%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Cornwall 3%, England 7%)

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)
8.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.23 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · 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
9.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £45,011; 25% 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 (2024-25)

This school£13,548
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£14,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.9%62.3%
Social housing8.7%17.1%
Privately rented18.4%20.5%
Detached houses64.8%22.9%
Flats3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018974 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£400,00013 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£355,000–£516,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£425,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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