Newquay Junior Academy
Primary schoolNewquay Junior Academy is a primary school in Cornwall, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 462 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 6 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 2 April 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Newquay Junior Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Cornwall and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Trenance Learning AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), July 2023610 m
- The Bishops CofE Learning AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Newquay Primary AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 20241 km
- Newquay TretherrasSecondary. School remains Good, January 2024. Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Treviglas AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.8 km
- St Columb Minor AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cornwall
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).