Lanner Primary School

About Lanner Primary School

Lanner Primary School is a state primary in Cornwall that currently educates 206 pupils against a capacity of 264, meaning it has room to grow but is clearly in demand. The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, receiving 57 total applications for just 23 places, with 22 of those coming as first preferences. That oversubscription ratio of 2.48 to 1 signals a school that local families are actively choosing. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 18.2%, which is slightly above the national average for primary schools and suggests a genuinely mixed intake in terms of socio-economic background. The school is mixed-sex, non-denominational, and serves children from age 3 through to 11, with nursery provision on site. Headteacher Kieran Walsh leads a school that has held a Good rating from Ofsted across both its most recent graded inspection in 2014 and its ungraded inspection in 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good.

Academically, Lanner performs well above the local authority average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared to a Cornwall average of just 58%. That places the school 8th out of 208 primaries in the county, putting it in the top 4% locally and the top 10% nationally. Looking at individual subjects, 94% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, 90% in maths, and 84% in writing. At the higher standard, reading stands out with 48% of pupils achieving it, while maths and writing trail at 35% and 19% respectively. Average scaled scores in both reading and maths are 108, comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. The school does not have a sixth form, which is standard for a primary, and its Ofsted breakdown from 2014 shows leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all graded as Good.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a sports hall, playing fields, a sensory room, art studios, music rooms, and a library, plus an outdoor playground and a chapel. Sports provision covers cross country, gymnastics, netball, football and cricket, while clubs extend to coding, art, chess, science, film and book clubs. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication difficulties, and autistic spectrum disorder. Given its strong academic results relative to the local area, its oversubscribed status, and its broad extracurricular offer, Lanner is a good fit for families in the Cornwall area who want a well-regarded village primary that balances solid outcomes with a wide range of activities and inclusive support.

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