Mabe Community Primary School

About Mabe Community Primary School

Mabe Community Primary School sits within the Cornwall local authority, a mixed state primary for children aged 3 to 11. Among the 208 primary schools ranked in the county, it places 142nd, placing it in the bottom half of local schools. Its top-performing peers in the area include Calstock Community Primary School, Landewednack Community Primary School, and St Buryan Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. The school is led by headteacher Andrew Watkins and has a capacity of 210 pupils, with 175 currently on roll. It does not have a religious character. In its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in December 2024, the school was judged as Good across all areas, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks a notable improvement from its previous inspection in April 2022, when it was rated Requires Improvement overall.

Academically, Mabe's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show a mixed picture. The percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined was 52%, below the Cornwall local authority average of 58%. In individual subjects, 76% met the expected standard in reading, 86% in writing, and 67% in maths. At the higher standard, 10% achieved in all three subjects, with 14% reaching that level in reading, 19% in writing, and 14% in maths. Average scaled scores were 103 for reading and 101 for maths. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom 50% of primaries, sitting at the 73.97th percentile among 13,686 schools. In the South West region, it ranks 990th out of 1,469 schools. The school does not have a sixth form, and its nursery provision is available for younger children.

The school offers a range of facilities including playing fields, a gymnasium, music rooms, a sports hall, and a chapel. Sports on offer include rounders, tennis, swimming, netball, and gymnastics, while clubs extend to gardening, drama, choir, chess, film club, and book club. For children with special educational needs and disabilities, the school lists provisions for a wide spectrum, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. However, the Parent View survey, with 35 responses, reveals some concern: while 89% of parents would recommend the school, only 50% agreed or strongly agreed that SEND children receive the support they need, with 38% disagreeing. The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, receiving 50 applications for 21 places, with 18 first-preference offers made. This suggests strong local demand despite its middling academic ranking.

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