Best Primary Schools in Penzance

We checked all 19 primary schools in Penzance, Cornwall, and list every one: 18 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked
19
Ranked
18
Without a rank
1

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Penzance. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Penzance also has 3 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Cornwall. Cornwall also has rankings for Truro, St Austell, Bodmin, Launceston, Liskeard and all of Cornwall.

Ranked primary schools in Penzance

  1. 1

    Trythall Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 72 pupils, inspected February 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    100%
    Higher standard
    38%

  2. 2

    St Levan Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 37 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    88%
    Higher standard
    13%

  3. 3

    Nancledra School

    Academy, 94 pupils, inspected June 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    23%

  4. 4

    Alverton Primary School

    Academy, 386 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    21%

  5. 5

    Mousehole School

    Academy, 94 pupils, inspected July 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    92%
    Higher standard
    0%

  6. 6

    St Just Primary School

    Academy, 163 pupils, inspected November 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    13%

  7. 7

    St Hilary School

    Academy, 206 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    14%

  8. 8

    Gulval School

    Academy, 223 pupils, inspected May 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    4%

  9. 9

    Newlyn School

    Academy, 152 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    0%

  10. 10

    Sennen Community Primary Academy

    Academy, 98 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    6%

  11. 11

    St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance

    Local authority maintained, 141 pupils, inspected June 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    7%

  12. 12

    Heamoor Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 201 pupils, inspected June 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    7%

  13. 13

    St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance

    Academy, 139 pupils, inspected October 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    0%

  14. 14

    Ludgvan School

    Academy, 199 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    38%
    Higher standard
    6%

  15. 15

    St Buryan Primary School

    Academy, 61 pupils, inspected July 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

  16. 16

    Germoe Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 76 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    0%

  17. 17

    Pendeen School

    Academy, 79 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

  18. 18

    Pensans Community Primary School

    Academy, 139 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Penzance without a rank