Helston Community College
Church Hill, Helston, TR13 8NR
Local ranking17th of 33 secondary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1712
Capacity
0-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.6
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.2%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.1%
- Entering EBacc
- 17.3%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7
- Cohort Size
- 214
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 28.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 46.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.2
Avg Points/Entry
37.0
Best 3 A-Levels
60
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 25.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 187
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1326
- Boys
- 653 (49%)
- Girls
- 673 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1712 (77% full)
- SEND
- 20.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.9%
- EAL
- 1.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 17.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,553/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.6%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.4%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
92.4%
White British
2.0%
White Other
2.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 143981
- UKPRN
- 10062639
- Establishment No.
- 4146
- Trust
- TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST