# St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance

St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance is a primary school in Cornwall, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 139 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E140778. [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 139
- Council: Cornwall
- URN: 140778

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, December 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 11 December 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 63% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Cornwall and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 63% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Penwith Alternative Provision Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/penwith-alternative-provision-academy-e139760): 120 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- [Humphry Davy School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/humphry-davy-school-e112067): 330 m. Secondary. Good (overall), May 2023. Attainment 8 of 41.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Pensans Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pensans-community-primary-school-e142238): 840 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Nancealverne School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/nancealverne-school-e143167): 880 m. Special. Improved significantly, January 2025
- [Gulval School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gulval-school-e140837): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-cofe-primary-school-penzance-e111998): 1.4 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140778)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140778)

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