Schools in St Austell
St Austell has 23 schools in mid-Cornwall, including 18 primaries spread across St Austell town and the surrounding clay-country villages of Gorran, Roche and St Blazey. Cornwall Council co-ordinates admissions using straight-line distance as the oversubscription tiebreaker for community schools, with looked-after children given top priority.
The three secondary schools in the St Austell area include Sandy Hill Academy and Poltair School; both serve a broad intake from across the mid-Cornwall cluster. Cornwall's admissions guide is published in September each year - use the catchment.school postcode tool to check whether your address falls within each school's priority distance from previous years.
School demand in St Austell
Across the 22 schools in St Austell with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 90%. 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.
1 school in St Austell has a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in its admissions policy.
20 of the schools in St Austell 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.
11 of the schools in St Austell have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in St Austell: 1 oversubscribed (18)
Gorran School
Primary · Community school
St Austell · PL26 6LH
Sandy Hill Academy
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL25 3AT
Charlestown Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL25 3PB
Treverbyn Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Austell · PL26 8TL
St Mewan Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL26 7DP
Whitemoor Academy
Primary · Academy converter
St. Austell · PL26 7XH
Foxhole Learning Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St. Austell · PL26 7XD
Bishop Bronescombe CofE School
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL25 3DT
St Dennis Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Austell · PL26 8AY
Mevagissey Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL26 6TD
Carclaze Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL25 3TF
St Stephen Churchtown Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
St Austell · PL26 7NZ
Mount Charles School
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL25 4PP
Roche Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL26 8EP
Bugle School
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL26 8PD
Pondhu Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St. Austell · PL25 5DS
Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery
Primary · Free schools
St Austell · PL26 8ZR
Nanpean Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL26 7YH
Secondary Schools in St Austell (3)
Penrice Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
St Austell · PL25 3NR
Brannel School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
St Austell · PL26 7RN
Poltair School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
St Austell · PL25 4BZ
Other Schools in St Austell (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in St Austell 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.