Which school had the best GCSE results in Cornwall in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Penrice Academy topped the table in Cornwall with 53.4, against an England average of 46.3. 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 2023 archive (the 2022/23 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 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

31 state secondary schools in Cornwall ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Cornwall GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 31 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Cornwall ranked on Attainment 8

31 of 31 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Cornwall ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	Penrice Academy St Austell · Academy converter	53.4	+0.54 (0.38 to 0.71)	54%	81%	4.76	273
2	The Roseland Academy Truro · Academy converter	50.4	+0.41 (0.17 to 0.66)	44%	71%	4.23	129
3	Richard Lander School Truro · Community school	49.5	+0.03 (-0.13 to 0.20)	53%	69%	4.04	302
4	Penryn College Penryn · Academy converter	49.0	+0.27 (0.09 to 0.46)	45%	66%	4.06	225
5	Mullion School Helston · Academy converter	48.9	+0.41 (0.15 to 0.68)	47%	68%	4.14	109
6	Newquay Tretherras Newquay · Academy converter	47.5	+0.05 (-0.11 to 0.22)	44%	69%	3.95	297
7	St Ives School St Ives · Academy sponsor led	47.4	+0.00 (-0.24 to 0.25)	51%	72%	3.89	131
8	Wadebridge School Wadebridge · Academy converter	46.1	+0.06 (-0.14 to 0.26)	43%	67%	3.83	206
9=	Budehaven Community School Bude · Foundation school	45.7	-0.09 (-0.28 to 0.10)	44%	65%	3.76	215
9=	Treviglas Academy Newquay · Academy sponsor led	45.7	+0.16 (-0.05 to 0.36)	36%	58%	3.74	190
11	Penair School Truro · Academy converter	45.3	-0.03 (-0.22 to 0.16)	50%	71%	3.77	219
12	Redruth School Redruth · Foundation school	45.2	-0.07 (-0.24 to 0.10)	36%	62%	3.79	258
13=	Launceston College Launceston · Academy converter	45.1	-0.10 (-0.29 to 0.09)	50%	66%	4.21	228
13=	Mounts Bay Academy Penzance · Academy converter	45.1	-0.40 (-0.60 to -0.20)	44%	65%	3.89	198
15	Camborne Science and International Academy Camborne · Academy converter	44.5	-0.24 (-0.40 to -0.08)	37%	55%	3.48	302
16	Helston Community College Helston · Academy converter	44.2	-0.28 (-0.47 to -0.08)	39%	67%	3.67	209
17	Poltair School St Austell · Academy sponsor led	44.1	+0.24 (0.01 to 0.48)	28%	53%	3.67	143
18	Humphry Davy School Penzance · Foundation school	42.8	-0.25 (-0.47 to -0.04)	38%	58%	3.57	172
19	Falmouth School Falmouth · Academy converter	42.7	-0.41 (-0.65 to -0.18)	41%	62%	3.65	147
20	Torpoint Community College Torpoint · Foundation school	41.6	-0.34 (-0.59 to -0.09)	33%	60%	3.49	126
21	Brannel School St Austell · Academy sponsor led	41.5	-0.24 (-0.48 to -0.01)	30%	54%	3.39	138
22	Looe Community Academy Looe · Academy converter	41.2	-0.38 (-0.67 to -0.10)	25%	57%	3.60	102
23	Liskeard School and Community College Liskeard · Academy converter	40.9	-0.07 (-0.26 to 0.12)	32%	50%	3.46	209
24	Saltash Community School Saltash · Academy converter	40.4	-0.45 (-0.65 to -0.25)	34%	55%	3.34	201
25	Callington Community College Callington · Academy converter	40.0	-0.29 (-0.50 to -0.08)	32%	56%	3.49	174
26	Fowey River Academy Fowey · Academy sponsor led	39.6	-0.65 (-0.94 to -0.36)	33%	53%	3.43	96
27	Cape Cornwall School Penzance · Academy sponsor led	39.5	-0.21 (-0.72 to 0.31)	38%	62%	3.55	29
28	Hayle Academy Hayle · Academy converter	38.6	-0.08 (-0.35 to 0.18)	29%	51%	3.12	112
29	Pool Academy Redruth · Academy converter	37.9	-0.81 (-1.09 to -0.54)	27%	50%	3.20	110
30	Sir James Smith's School Camelford · Academy converter	37.5	-0.47 (-0.74 to -0.20)	29%	46%	3.43	110
31	Bodmin College Bodmin · Academy converter	37.0	-0.61 (-0.80 to -0.42)	23%	48%	2.88	224

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

Independent schools in Cornwall with published 2023 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	55.4	61%	28
Truro High School Truro · Other independent school	45.9	0%	40
Truro School Other independent school	34.8	0%	143

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; the England average for 2023 was 46.3.

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 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Cornwall ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Cornwall with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Cornwall

Cornwall GCSE results: common questions