Penryn College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Penryn, TR10 8PZ
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Falmouth School
Trescobeas Road, Falmouth, TR11 4LH
Local ranking17th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1344
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 23 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 23 April 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 153
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 70.0%
- Higher education
- 22.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 23.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
E
Avg A-Level Grade
8.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
7
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 68
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 893
- Boys
- 475 (51%)
- Girls
- 448 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1344 (69% full)
- SEND
- 17.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.7%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 15.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,777/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
- 28.6% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.2%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Other: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
89.2%
White British
4.5%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Trescobeas Road
Falmouth, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 137223
- UKPRN
- 10034667
- Establishment No.
- 4152
- Trust
- THE ROSELAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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