Penair School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Truro, TR1 1TN
- Distance
- 5.2km away
Richard Lander School
Higher Besore Road, Truro, TR3 6LT
Local ranking4th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1523
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 4 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 53.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 292
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1525
- Boys
- 839 (54%)
- Girls
- 722 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1523 (102% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.2%
- EAL
- 2.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.2%
- SEN Support
- 15.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 94.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,290/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
91.7%
White British
1.6%
Mixed White & Asian
1.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Higher Besore Road
Truro, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 112055
- UKPRN
- 10017367
- Establishment No.
- 4160
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