Godolphin Primary School

About Godolphin Primary School

Godolphin Primary School, a small state primary in Cornwall, holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across its two most recent inspections. In its most recent graded inspection in 2015, the school was rated Good overall, with leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all judged as Good. A subsequent ungraded inspection in 2021 confirmed the school remains Good. The most telling academic metric comes from the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, where 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits comfortably above the Cornwall local authority average of 58%, placing the school in the top third of primaries nationally and 62nd out of 235 similar schools in the county. It is a solid, above-average performance for a school of just 74 pupils.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 KS2 data, the school’s strengths are clearest in reading and writing, where 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in each subject. A third of pupils achieved the higher standard in both reading and writing, while 17% did so in maths. Average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 103 in maths, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. The school does not publish progress scores for reading, writing or maths, so it is not possible to say how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. However, the overall expected standard rate of 67% is a strong result in a county where the average is 58%. In the Cornwall rankings, Godolphin sits at 65th out of 208 schools when measured by the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard, placing it in the 31st percentile locally and the 38th percentile nationally.

The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 30 applications for 18 places and 21 first-preference applications, giving a ratio of 1.67 applicants per place. It offers a broad range of facilities including a library, playing fields, music rooms, a sensory room, a forest school and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, rounders, cross country, cricket, tennis, swimming and athletics, while clubs include art, coding, chess, gardening and drama. The school’s SEND provision is focused on speech, language and communication needs. With a small roll of 74 pupils against a capacity of 105, the school is not full, and the percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals is low at 8.1%. This is a school that suits families looking for a well-regarded village primary with strong core academic results, a good range of extracurricular activities, and a calm, well-resourced environment.

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