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Gerrans School

Primary · Truro · TR2 5ED

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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 25 June 2024

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At a glance

69 pupils · 82% of 84 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.gerrans.cornwall.sch.uk/
URN
142662

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 4 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. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 25 June 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers71%
Cornwall average60.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Ebchester CofE Primary SchoolConsett · 352 miles awayGood67%
Sithney Community Primary SchoolHelston · 15 miles awayGood46%
Norbury Primary School and NurseryBishops Castle · 185 miles awayOutstanding89%
Halwill Community Primary SchoolBeaworthy · 54 miles awayGood75%
Corvedale CofE Primary SchoolCraven Arms · 186 miles awayGood50%
Winteringham Primary SchoolScunthorpe · 306 miles awayOutstanding81%
Copdock Primary SchoolIpswich · 293 miles awayOutstanding50%
Langtree Community School and Nursery UnitTorrington · 62 miles awayGood67%
The Howard Primary SchoolTamworth · 223 miles awayGood50%
Brede Primary SchoolRye · 251 miles awayExpected standard100%
Suckley Primary SchoolWorcester · 177 miles awayOutstanding80%
Stoke Prior Primary SchoolLeominster · 172 miles awayRequires improvement80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 99% (Cornwall 90%, England 60%) · Any other White background 1% (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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
19.5
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 £50,033; 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£6,973
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,000; in-year balance +£23,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.8%62.3%
Social housing16.8%17.1%
Privately rented16.3%20.5%
Detached houses47.3%22.9%
Flats12.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018849 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£578,00026 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£421,000–£774,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£695,000
Semi-detached (6)£587,500
Terraced (7)£498,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of 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

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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