Crowan Primary School

About Crowan Primary School

Crowan Primary School enjoys strong support from its parent community, with 81% of respondents to the Parent View survey saying they would recommend the school. That figure comes from 27 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, and the detail behind it is telling. 70% of parents strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and the same proportion strongly agreed that their child feels safe. On clubs and activities, 74% strongly agreed that their child can take part, and 67% strongly agreed that there is a good range of subjects available. The school is also oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 academic year, it received 17 applications for 11 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.55. All 11 first-preference applicants were offered a place, which suggests that while demand is healthy, local families who really want a spot are likely to get one.

Academically, Crowan’s most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2025 rated it Good across all areas, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision. This marks a significant improvement from its previous inspection in November 2021, which rated the school Inadequate overall. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 tests, 44% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is below the Cornwall local authority average of 58%, and places the school 166th out of 235 primaries in the county. Individual subject scores were more mixed: 69% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, compared with 56% in reading and 56% in writing. The average scaled scores in reading and maths were both 103, which is in line with the national average of 100.

Crowan is a small primary school with 88 pupils on roll against a capacity of 119, so there is some room for growth. The school has a range of facilities including a gymnasium, playing fields, a sensory room, an ICT suite and a chapel. Sports offered include athletics, gymnastics, cross country, dance, swimming and netball, and there are clubs such as coding, chess, eco club, science club, gardening and art club. The school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty and autistic spectrum disorder, though the Parent View data on SEND support had no responses. With 19.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average disadvantage. For families looking for a small, improving village school with strong parent satisfaction and a clear upward trajectory from its previous Ofsted rating, Crowan is worth a closer look.

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