Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cornwall
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry293 applications · 166 places offered · 164 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2025 2.1; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2024 1.7; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2023 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2022 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2021 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2020 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2019 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2018 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2017 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.2
- 2016 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2015 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2014 1.7; Cornwall median median 1.3
- This school
- Cornwall median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 166 | 293 | 1.8 | 164 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 127 | 266 | 2.1 | 127 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 153 | 265 | 1.7 | 150 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 160 | 224 | 1.4 | 159 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 126 | 207 | 1.6 | 126 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 146 | 232 | 1.6 | 145 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 153 | 238 | 1.6 | 153 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 200 | 284 | 1.4 | 200 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 161 | 241 | 1.5 | 161 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 150 | 198 | 1.3 | 150 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 135 | 187 | 1.4 | 134 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 | 110 | 167 | 1.5 | 110 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 95 | 159 | 1.7 | 95 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 148 | 41.7 | 39% | 55% | – |
| 2024/25 | 146 | 41.5 | 36% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 198 | 42.2 | 36% | 59% | −0.27 |
| 2022/23 | 172 | 42.8 | 38% | 58% | −0.25 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Humphry Davy SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Cornwall20262.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · CornwallRemains Good20221.6applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · CornwallGood20231.8applications per place 32.7Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · Cornwall20261.9applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 19.1 km · CornwallGood20241.4applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 19.2 km · CornwallGood20221.4applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 22.5 km · Cornwall20262.1applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 24.4 km · CornwallGood20232.1applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 112067 · 908/4173
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 926 pupils · 740 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Coombe Road, Penzance, TR18 2TG
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources