Garras Community Primary School

About Garras Community Primary School

Garras Community Primary School is a small state primary in Cornwall, serving 66 pupils aged 5 to 11. It sits in the middle of the local authority rankings, placing 86th out of 208 primary schools in Cornwall, which puts it just inside the top half of schools in the area. The top-performing peers in the same LA include Calstock Community Primary School, Landewednack Community Primary School, and St Buryan Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. Garras is a mixed, non-religious school with no nursery or sixth form provision, and it is currently oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 25 applications for just 9 places, with all 9 first-preference applicants offered a spot. That oversubscription ratio of 2.78 suggests strong local demand, despite the school not being among the very highest-ranked primaries in Cornwall.

Academically, Garras performs around the local average at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 results, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Cornwall LA average of 58%. That is a solid outcome, though the proportion reaching the higher standard in all three subjects was just 13%. Reading is a relative strength: 88% of pupils reached the expected standard and 25% achieved the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 107. In maths, 63% met the expected standard and 13% reached the higher standard, with an average score of 100. Writing saw 63% at expected and 25% at the higher level. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in September 2021, confirmed it remains Good overall, with the early years provision judged Outstanding. The previous graded inspection in 2010 also rated the school Good, so it has held a consistent rating over time.

The school offers a broad range of facilities for its size, including art studios, a library, ICT suite, music rooms, playing fields, an outdoor playground, a forest school, and even a chapel. Sports on offer include rounders, gymnastics, cross country, dance, tennis, cricket, and swimming, while clubs include book club, choir, and eco club. For SEND, the school supports pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. With just 7.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively less deprived intake. Garras is best suited to families in the local area who want a small, community-focused primary with a good academic record and strong early years provision, and who are prepared to compete for one of its limited places.

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