St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance
Redinnick Place, Penzance, TR18 4HP
141 pupils · 74% of 190 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Free school meals
- 34%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 14 March 2023, published 3 May 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 40% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 10 | 10 | 22 | 10 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 11 | 11 | 26 | 11 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 15 | 15 | 43 | 15 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 11 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 13 | 13 | 23 | 13 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 13 | 13 | 37 | 13 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 18 | 18 | 31 | 18 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 21 | 20 | 39 | 21 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Alverton Primary School 0.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Newlyn School 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Pensans Community Primary School 1.2 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance 1.4 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Heamoor Community Primary School 1.8 km · Good — confirmed 2021 · previous system
- Gulval School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.