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Shortlanesend School is a primary school located in Truro, Cornwall. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11 and currently has 156 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the ASPIRE ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Lisa McGinty.

Key facts

URN: 142303
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2 to 11
Gender: Mixed
Sixth form: Does not have a sixth form
Nursery: Has Nursery Classes
Local authority: Cornwall
Constituency: Truro and Falmouth
Setting: Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Opened: 2015

Governing body

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Ofsted

No overall gradeInspected 17/06/2025

Since September 2024 Ofsted has not given an overall effectiveness grade at new inspections. This inspection graded the key judgements below instead (Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate); safeguarding is effective or not effective. No overall grade is worked out here.

Judgement	Grade
Safeguarding	Effective
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Requires improvement

Inspection history

Date	Outcome
17/06/2025	No overall grade: Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Requires improvement; safeguarding effective
29/01/2013	Good
22/09/2009	Requires improvement

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026, via WhatSchool: Ofsted may have published a newer report since. Since September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade at new inspections, so a one-word grade, where shown, belongs to the inspection date beside it. Ungraded inspections give no grade and are dated by month only. Inspections from September 2024 to November 2025 grade key judgements; report cards (from November 2025) grade evaluation areas.

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Academy trust

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Aspire Academy Trust runs 37 schools, including this one.

Truro Learning AcademyPrimary · Truro · Ofsted: Good, Jun 2023
Tregolls AcademyPrimary · Truro · Ofsted: Report card (Feb 2026): Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 5; safeguarding standards met
Cusgarne Primary SchoolPrimary · Truro · Ofsted: Report card (Jul 2026): Expected standard in all seven areas; safeguarding standards met
Mount Hawke AcademyPrimary · Truro · Ofsted: No overall grade (Oct 2024): Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding; safeguarding effective
Probus Primary SchoolPrimary · Truro · Ofsted: Ungraded inspection Feb 2025; last graded Good (May 2019, from earlier data)
Cubert Primary SchoolPrimary · Newquay · Ofsted: Requires improvement, Mar 2023

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