Schools in St. Austell
A china clay town of around 21,000 people in mid-Cornwall, St Austell retains a compact market centre and Victorian terraced streets that spread outward as the kaolin trade built wealth across the surrounding parishes in the nineteenth century. The white spoil heaps are still visible to the north.
Whitemoor is among the most school-competitive pockets in the area, drawing families into its primary catchment from across the wider town. St Austell station links to Plymouth in around forty-five minutes on the Cornish Main Line, with Penwinnick and Foxhole forming the quieter residential fringes that ring the town's older core.
3
Primary
schools
Area Performance
St. Austell schools rank in the top 79% of England
Across 3 primary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.00/10, -0.35 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
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Distribution across all St. Austell schools
St. Austell vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 79%
Across all ranked St. Austell schools
Primary schools: 3 schools (state + independent)
top 79% of 14,978
top 79% of 14,978
Top 3 Primary Schools
2026
St. Austell
Local directory
School profiles in St. Austell
Browse 3 local profile links across primary schools. Each profile brings together admissions context, performance data, inspection history and school details in one place.
Primary schools
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