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Port Isaac Academy

Primary · Port Isaac · PL29 3RT

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 18 May 2026

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At a glance

52 pupils · 72% of 72 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21.7% of pupils
English as additional language
0% of pupils
SEN support
20.8% of pupils
EHC plan
0% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://portisaacacademy.eschools.co.uk/web
URN
149681

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 26% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£10,245
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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