Falmouth School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Falmouth, TR11 4LH
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Penryn College
Kernick Road, Penryn, TR10 8PZ
Local ranking9th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 15 June 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 236
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1153
- Boys
- 588 (52%)
- Girls
- 552 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (109% full)
- SEND
- 22.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.5%
- EAL
- 1.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.8%
- SEN Support
- 15.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.7
- 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
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.3% 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
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- White British: 92.2%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.3%
- Other: 0.3%
- White Irish: 0.2%
92.2%
White British
2.9%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Kernick Road
Penryn, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136852
- UKPRN
- 10034115
- Establishment No.
- 4149
- Trust
- PENRYN COLLEGE
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