Joshua Mangas

Jacobstow Community Academy

  • Primary
  • Academy sponsor led
  • Ages 2 to 11

URN 149326 · Cornwall · LEARNING ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP (SOUTH WEST)

In Cornwall

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest full inspection

10 June 2025
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Early years provision
Good
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

First full inspection as an academy

From September 2024 until report cards began, full inspections gave key judgements but no overall grade.

Earlier graded inspection

2 February 2022

Overall effectiveness
Inadequate

Ofsted category: Special measures.

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Cornwall and England, primary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

4.1%

Cornwall
5.2%
England
5.2%

1.1 percentage points lower than England.

3.75.26.72017/182024/25
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Overall absence
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2017/18Not published4.7%4.2%
2018/19Not published4.4%4.0%
2020/21Not published3.5%3.6%
2021/22Not published6.9%6.3%
2022/234.9%6.1%5.9%
2023/246.0%5.9%5.5%
2024/254.1%5.2%5.2%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

5.4%

Cornwall
12.1%
England
13.0%

7.6 percentage points lower than England.

6.412.819.12017/182024/25
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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2017/18Not published9.9%8.7%
2018/19Not published8.9%8.2%
2020/21Not published8.0%8.8%
2021/22Not published20.1%17.7%
2022/237.9%16.4%16.2%
2023/2416.5%15.3%14.6%
2024/255.4%12.1%13.0%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

0.0%

Cornwall
0.9%
England
0.9%

0.9 percentage points lower than England.

0.20.50.92017/182024/25
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Severe absence
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2017/18Not published0.3%0.4%
2018/19Not published0.4%0.4%
2020/21Not published0.7%0.7%
2021/22Not published0.6%0.6%
2022/230.0%0.7%0.7%
2023/240.0%0.8%0.9%
2024/250.0%0.9%0.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Cornwall and England, primary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Cornwall
3.71
England
2.47

2.47 lower than England.

0.21.93.52017/182024/25
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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2017/18Not published1.211.40
2018/19Not published1.321.41
2019/20Not published1.111.00
2020/21Not published1.340.99
2021/22Not published1.591.42
2022/230.002.011.81
2023/240.003.172.27
2024/250.003.712.47

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Cornwall
0.10
England
0.03

0.03 lower than England.

0.00.10.12017/182024/25
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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2017/18Not published0.030.03
2018/19Not published0.030.02
2019/20Not published0.030.02
2020/21Not published0.010.01
2021/22Not published0.030.02
2022/230.000.050.03
2023/240.000.050.03
2024/250.000.100.03

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 2 results

Against Cornwall and England, primary schools.

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard

2024/25

67%

Cornwall
60%
England
63%

4 percentage points higher than England.

4455652021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Reading, writing and maths: expected standard
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2021/22Not published55%59%
2022/2342%58%60%
2023/2456%60%61%
2024/2567%60%63%
2025/26 (provisional)Not published62%63%

Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.

Reading, writing and maths: higher standard

2024/25

11%

Cornwall
7%
England
8%

3 percentage points higher than England.

26102021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Reading, writing and maths: higher standard
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2021/22Not published6%7%
2022/238%7%8%
2023/240%7%8%
2024/2511%7%8%
2025/26 (provisional)Not published7%9%

Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.

Pupils

Against Cornwall and England, primary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

7.5%

Cornwall
21.7%
England
24.7%

17.2 percentage points lower than England.

8.416.023.52021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2021/22Not published20.7%23.1%
2022/237.9%21.8%24.0%
2023/247.2%22.1%24.3%
2024/257.5%21.7%24.7%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

5.4%

Cornwall
15.6%
England
15.0%

9.6 percentage points lower than England.

6.110.514.92021/222022/232023/242024/25
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SEN support
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2021/22Not published13.3%13.0%
2022/239.5%13.8%13.5%
2023/249.0%15.1%14.1%
2024/255.4%15.6%15.0%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

1.1%

Cornwall
3.1%
England
3.5%

2.4 percentage points lower than England.

0.62.03.32021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2021/22Not published2.2%2.3%
2022/230.0%2.3%2.5%
2023/240.0%2.5%3.0%
2024/251.1%3.1%3.5%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

1.1%

Cornwall
4.0%
England
23.4%

22.3 percentage points lower than England.

3.913.122.32021/222022/232023/242024/25
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First language other than English
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2021/22Not published2.7%21.2%
2022/230.0%3.2%22.0%
2023/240.9%3.5%22.8%
2024/251.1%4.0%23.4%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Cornwall and England, primary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

15.5

Cornwall
21.0
England
21.2

5.7 lower than England.

15.918.621.32017/182025/26
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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2017/18Not published20.821.3
2018/19Not published21.721.4
2019/20Not published21.621.4
2020/21Not published21.421.1
2021/22Not published21.121.0
2022/23Not published20.821.1
2023/2418.320.721.2
2024/2519.420.921.3
2025/2615.521.021.2

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

4.2 days

Cornwall
5.1 days
England
5.0 days

0.8 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

3.58.413.32017/182024/25
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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolCornwallEngland
2017/18Not published4.4 days4.0 days
2018/19Not published4.3 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/21Not published3.9 days3.9 days
2021/22Not published6.9 days6.3 days
2022/232.8 days5.6 days5.2 days
2023/2414.0 days5.7 days5.3 days
2024/254.2 days5.1 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
85
Capacity
105
Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Age range
2 to 11
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Trust
LEARNING ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP (SOUTH WEST)
Opened
1 September 2022
Setting
Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Constituency
North Cornwall
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 5 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Jacobstow, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 0BR

Website: www.jacobstow-lap.co.uk

Telephone: 01840230337

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