St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Penzance, Cornwall
St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance is a primary school in Penzance, Cornwall for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024.
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Catchment area for St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Peverell Road, Penzance, TR18 2AT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cornwall
- Pupils on roll
- 139 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils know the school rules of ‘be ready, respectful and safe’ well.”
- “These thread through their actions and learning.”
- “Staff build warm and supportive relationships with pupils.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the school is refining its curriculum thinking.”
- “In a few wider curriculum subjects, the school has not identified the key knowledge pupils need to learn.”
- “In these subjects, pupils have gaps in what they know and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 13 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cornwall.
- Pensans Community Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement
- Gulval School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Heamoor Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Alverton Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Madron Daniel CofE (VA) School 1.3 mi Not judged
- Newlyn School 1.3 mi Good
- Trythall Community Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good