St Ives School is a secondary academy in St Ives, United Kingdom with 580 pupils, part of Truro & Penwith Academy Trust. As of 9 November 2026 it is advertising 3 vacancies: Assistant Headteacher SENDCo (closes 15 November), Class Cover Supervisor (closes 15 November) and Exams Invigilator.
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 3 live vacancies.
Head
Andrew Oates, Headteacher
Trust or group
Truro & Penwith Academy Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
580 pupils · 48% girls · 25.9% eligible for free school meals · 1.9% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
112 (19.3%) on SEN support · 9 (1.6%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Are you a passionate and dedicated educator who believes in the transformative power of excellent teaching? St Ives School is seeking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic…
Are you a passionate and dedicated educator who believes in the transformative power of excellent teaching?St. Ives School is seeking an inspiring Cover Supervisor, to join our…
Are you a committed individual looking to support the learning of students in school? St. Ives School is seeking to recruit Invigilators, Readers and Scribes to join our Exams…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
42.4
35.7%
2024/25
45.0
45.0%
2023/24
45.9
44.6%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
30 November 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
33.1
17.5
–
0
£52,935
2024/25
34.5
16.6
28%
0
£46,568
2023/24
37.1
15.8
36%
0
£44,207
2022/23
38.0
16.2
24%
0
£39,417
2021/22
36.1
17.0
21%
2
£40,088
2020/21
32.3
18.5
22%
0
£41,603
Earlier years (2014/15 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
40.5
14.6
31%
0
£39,198
2018/19
31.8
16.8
17%
0
£38,745
2017/18
37.6
14.3
27%
0
£38,953
2016/17
40.8
13.5
14%
0
£38,037
2015/16
44.0
13.6
16%
0
£36,272
2014/15
37.8
16.4
34%
0
£37,273
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
9.1%
3.6%
30.5%
3.0%
2024/25
8.7%
3.3%
25.2%
2.4%
2023/24
10.6%
4.2%
32.5%
4.3%
2022/23
9.8%
4.4%
33.8%
2.5%
2021/22
10.1%
2.5%
37.4%
2.5%
2020/21
4.3%
1.8%
9.7%
1.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.4%
1.8%
9.8%
0.4%
2017/18
6.2%
2.4%
17.2%
0.2%
2016/17
6.1%
2.5%
16.7%
0.9%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.