Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cornwall
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 24 March 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 1 December 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry315 applications · 119 places offered · 116 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2025 1.9; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2024 1.9; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2023 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2021 1.7; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2020 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2019 1.9; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2018 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2017 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.2
- 2016 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2015 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 119 | 315 | 2.7 | 116 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 163 | 312 | 1.9 | 163 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 347 | 1.9 | 179 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 191 | 269 | 1.4 | 185 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 251 | 327 | 1.3 | 250 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 185 | 306 | 1.7 | 185 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 203 | 315 | 1.6 | 203 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 171 | 328 | 1.9 | 171 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 179 | 277 | 1.6 | 179 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 200 | 282 | 1.4 | 200 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 182 | 250 | 1.4 | 182 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 141 | 190 | 1.4 | 140 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 208 | 271 | 1.3 | 210 | 1.01 |
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.) | 187 | 44.1 | 39% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 191 | 43.7 | 38% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 196 | 41.7 | 33% | 54% | −0.56 |
| 2022/23 | 198 | 45.1 | 44% | 65% | −0.40 |
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
- Mounts Bay AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · CornwallGood20231.8applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · CornwallGood20231.8applications per place 32.7Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · CornwallRemains Good20221.6applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · Cornwall20261.9applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 19.9 km · CornwallGood20241.4applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 20.4 km · CornwallGood20221.4applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 23.3 km · Cornwall20262.1applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 25.6 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136873 · 908/4172
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,020 pupils · 922 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Mounts Bay School (URN 112066)
- Address
- Boscathnoe Lane, Heamoor, Penzance, TR18 3JT
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources