Poltair School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Austell, PL25 4BZ
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Penrice Academy
Charlestown Road, St Austell, PL25 3NR
Local ranking1st of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1440
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 50.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 88.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 272
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1422
- Boys
- 747 (53%)
- Girls
- 675 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1440 (99% full)
- SEND
- 19.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.6%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 16.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,079/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 91.2%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Other: 0.3%
- Asian Indian: 0.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.2%
91.2%
White British
5.1%
White Other
1.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Charlestown Road
St Austell, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136573
- UKPRN
- 10033261
- Establishment No.
- 4156
- Trust
- CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST
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