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Port Isaac Academy

PrimaryAges 3–11Academy

Port Isaac, PL29 3RT · Cornwall local authority

Port Isaac’s Schools page →

Getting in
5/5
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
52 pupils
72% of its 72 places
Free school meals
22%
22 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Port Isaac Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 52 pupils for 72 places
  • Ofsted report card, April 2026: achievement needs attention, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (5 of 5)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PL29 3) sold for a median £420,000; Port Isaac’s is £365,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Port Isaac Academy?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

5
families put it first for September 2026
5
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Cornwall Education Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Cornwall council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
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100% got their first choice
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Port Isaac
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

53 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
20.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
26.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 55%Boys 45%
Its letter

No letter for Port Isaac Academy

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting April 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
InclusionNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Inadequate, July 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Port Isaac Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PL29 3, the school’s postcode sector

Port Isaac property prices →
£420,000
median sale, 49 sales in 36 months · Port Isaac £365,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K£800K2010201520202025PL29 3Port Isaac
PL29 3Port Isaac

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£535K
Semi-detached
£555K
Terraced
£365K
PL29 3Port Isaac

Homes in PL29 3 sell for well over Port Isaac’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Port Isaac, PL29 3RT

Nearby

Primary schools near Port Isaac Academy

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Port Isaac Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Port Isaac Academy?

For September 2026, 5 families put Port Isaac Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 5 places were offered in all.

What is Port Isaac Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (April 2026) gave a report card: achievement needs attention, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Port Isaac Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, PL29 3, sold for a median £420,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (49 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Port Isaac’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.