Sir James Smith's School

Dark Lane, Camelford, PL32 9UJ

588 pupils · 84% of 696 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Trust
WESTCOUNTRY SCHOOLS TRUST
Local authority
Cornwall
Free school meals
26.5%

Ofsted

Good (2022)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 12 October 2022, published 24 November 2022. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score42.7
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)43%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)58%
Entering the English Baccalaureate19%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

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 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry949113291
Sept 2025 entry114113144114
Sept 2024 entry127129166127
Sept 2023 entry120120145120
Sept 2022 entry143143167143
Sept 2021 entry113112138112
Sept 2020 entry105104149104
Sept 2019 entry118116167116

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

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.