Schools in Helston
Helston is a market town on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, with 20 state schools - 18 primary and 2 secondary - serving the town and a wide rural catchment extending into the surrounding villages and the Lizard coast. Cornwall Council coordinates admissions, applying a home-to-school distance tiebreaker for oversubscribed schools. Because the Helston area is geographically large with relatively dispersed population, catchment zones can extend several miles, and families in villages such as Porthleven, Mullion and Culdrose may fall within Helston school boundaries.
Primary schools in the Helston area tend to be smaller than urban equivalents, reflecting the rural character of the catchment. At secondary level, both schools serve a broad geographic area, and transport links are an important practical consideration for families applying from outlying villages. Cornwall Council publishes catchment boundary maps and admissions policies each autumn for the following academic year.
School demand in Helston
Across the 20 schools in Helston with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 78%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
4 schools in Helston have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
19 of the schools in Helston are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Cornwall, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
14 of the schools in Helston have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Helston: 2 oversubscribed (18)
Boskenwyn Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Helston · TR13 0NG
Nansloe Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR13 8JF
St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Helston · TR13 8AR
Coverack Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR12 6SA
Grade-Ruan CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR12 7JN
Manaccan Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR12 6HR
St Keverne Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR12 6NQ
Breage CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR13 9PZ
Garras Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR12 6AY
Godolphin Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR13 9RB
Halwin School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR13 0EG
Mullion Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR12 7DF
Parc Eglos School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR13 8UP
Porthleven School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR13 9BX
Sithney Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR13 0AE
Trannack Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR13 0DQ
Wendron Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR13 0PX
Landewednack Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Helston · TR12 7PB
Secondary Schools in Helston (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Helston are set by Cornwall and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.