Richard Lander School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Truro, TR3 6LT
- Distance
- 5.2km away
Penair School
St Clement, Truro, TR1 1TN
Local ranking5th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1320
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 29 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 227
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1239
- Boys
- 608 (50%)
- Girls
- 615 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1320 (93% full)
- SEND
- 15.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.7%
- EAL
- 6.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,483/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
- 22.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.7%
- White Other: 4.7%
- Black African: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
83.7%
White British
4.7%
White Other
2.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136567
- UKPRN
- 10033271
- Establishment No.
- 4166
- Trust
- PENAIR SCHOOL
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