Ludgvan School
Lower Quarter, Ludgvan, Penzance, TR20 8EXOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Ludgvan School is a primary school in Penzance for ages 5 to 11. It is one of the 295 schools in Cornwall. It ranks 14th of 18 primary schools in Penzance. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 22 October 2024, report published 24 November 2024
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 22 October 2024
Pupils are proud to belong to this friendly and welcoming school. They are happy and attend well. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), benefit from positive and supportive relationships with the adults in the school. This starts in the early years where staff nurture and support children well. The school has high expectations for pupils to achieve their best. Most pupils live up to these. Classrooms are typically calm and productive places. Pupils feel safe in school. They know who to talk to if they are worried. If bullying does happen, the school is swift to act to ensure all pupils receive the appropriate support to avoid future incidents. The school aims to build pupils' independence. The residential programme starts in Year 1, where pupils sleepover at school. It culminates with trips to London, the Isles of Scilly or France in Years 5 and 6, where pupils do outdoor adventurous activities at residential camps. Pupils help on the school farm and care for the school's chickens, turkeys, rabbits and guinea pigs. Older pupils can take on additional responsibilities, such as becoming a member of the pupil leadership team.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects, the end points that the curriculum is building towards are not defined precisely enough. Therefore, the knowledge and skills that pupils need to retain to reach those end points are not sufficiently clear. As a result, pupils develop gaps in their knowledge. The school and the trust should identify the component knowledge and skills and the ambitious end points that they want pupils to achieve in all subjects.
- A minority of pupils do not behave as well as the school expects. At times, they disrupt the learning of others. The school and the trust must make sure that pupils fully understand the expectations of their behaviour and attitudes to learning so less learning time is lost.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
32 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
199 pupils on roll, with places for 210
Schools near Ludgvan School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marazion School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Gulval School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 75% met the expected standard |
| Nancledra School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 77% met the expected standard |
| St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 63% met the expected standard |
| St Hilary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 62% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mr Bill Coleman
- Phone
- 01736740408
- Address
- Lower Quarter, Ludgvan, Penzance, TR20 8EX
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- URN
- 137466
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.