Which school had the best GCSE results in Cornwall in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, Penrice Academy topped the table in Cornwall with 57.1. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

Where are the latest Cornwall GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Cornwall are on the main Cornwall GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Cornwall show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Cornwall GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

31 state secondary schools in Cornwall ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest Cornwall GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 31 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Cornwall ranked on Attainment 8

31 of 31 schools have published 2022 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in Cornwall ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	Penrice Academy St Austell · Academy converter	57.1	+0.60 (0.43 to 0.76)	64%	83%	5.12	284
2	Richard Lander School Truro · Community school	55.8	+0.39 (0.23 to 0.55)	62%	77%	4.70	297
3	The Roseland Academy Truro · Academy converter	52.5	+0.24 (-0.01 to 0.50)	50%	67%	4.62	123
4	St Ives School St Ives · Academy sponsor led	52.4	-0.16 (-0.44 to 0.12)	50%	78%	4.40	103
5	Mullion School Helston · Academy converter	52.3	+0.26 (0.00 to 0.52)	54%	79%	4.60	114
6	Newquay Tretherras Newquay · Academy converter	51.6	+0.21 (0.04 to 0.38)	52%	74%	4.22	290
7	Falmouth School Falmouth · Academy converter	50.2	-0.30 (-0.51 to -0.10)	49%	68%	4.27	192
8	Redruth School Redruth · Foundation school	49.8	+0.29 (0.10 to 0.47)	44%	69%	4.25	234
9	Camborne Science and International Academy Camborne · Academy converter	48.0	-0.35 (-0.52 to -0.18)	42%	61%	3.79	268
10	Mounts Bay Academy Penzance · Academy converter	47.7	-0.38 (-0.57 to -0.18)	47%	74%	4.18	199
11	Humphry Davy School Penzance · Foundation school	47.5	-0.13 (-0.34 to 0.08)	44%	64%	3.99	177
12	Budehaven Community School Bude · Foundation school	47.2	-0.23 (-0.43 to -0.03)	41%	65%	3.95	203
13=	Treviglas Academy Newquay · Academy sponsor led	47.1	+0.06 (-0.17 to 0.29)	41%	66%	3.99	160
13=	Wadebridge School Wadebridge · Academy converter	47.1	-0.05 (-0.24 to 0.15)	40%	62%	3.96	201
15	Hayle Academy Hayle · Academy converter	46.6	+0.02 (-0.25 to 0.30)	35%	61%	4.00	102
16	Penryn College Penryn · Academy converter	46.5	-0.03 (-0.22 to 0.16)	46%	71%	3.89	216
17	Penair School Truro · Academy converter	46.0	-0.42 (-0.63 to -0.21)	44%	63%	3.78	188
18	Torpoint Community College Torpoint · Foundation school	45.6	-0.18 (-0.46 to 0.10)	35%	63%	3.95	100
19	Saltash Community School Saltash · Academy converter	44.9	-0.27 (-0.46 to -0.07)	35%	67%	3.74	213
20=	Callington Community College Callington · Academy converter	44.5	-0.24 (-0.47 to -0.01)	43%	68%	3.70	149
20=	Helston Community College Helston · Academy converter	44.5	-0.47 (-0.65 to -0.28)	39%	66%	3.72	233
22	Launceston College Launceston · Academy converter	44.2	-0.34 (-0.53 to -0.15)	43%	59%	4.18	211
23	Brannel School St Austell · Academy sponsor led	43.8	-0.21 (-0.44 to 0.02)	36%	60%	3.49	160
24=	Poltair School St Austell · Academy sponsor led	43.7	+0.12 (-0.12 to 0.35)	34%	55%	3.67	146
24=	Sir James Smith's School Camelford · Academy converter	43.7	-0.34 (-0.60 to -0.09)	36%	58%	4.00	116
26	Liskeard School and Community College Liskeard · Academy converter	43.6	-0.19 (-0.40 to 0.02)	30%	52%	3.76	176
27	Cape Cornwall School Penzance · Academy sponsor led	43.3	-0.29 (-0.66 to 0.07)	40%	57%	3.79	58
28	Looe Community Academy Looe · Academy converter	40.4	-0.76 (-1.05 to -0.47)	34%	59%	3.52	88
29	Bodmin College Bodmin · Academy converter	39.5	-0.60 (-0.79 to -0.42)	36%	55%	3.20	228
30	Pool Academy Redruth · Academy converter	38.6	-0.89 (-1.14 to -0.64)	35%	53%	3.21	125
31	Fowey River Academy Fowey · Academy sponsor led	37.1	-0.81 (-1.08 to -0.55)	25%	46%	3.25	114

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Cornwall with published 2022 GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
St Josephs School Cornwall · Other independent school	56.4	59%	29
Truro High School Truro · Other independent school	50.9	0%	61
Truro School Other independent school	37.3	0%	123

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Cornwall GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Cornwall on our composite score

Cornwall GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Cornwall ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Cornwall with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in Cornwall

Cornwall GCSE results: common questions