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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 1 December 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 18 January 2017Graded 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 entry140 applications · 89 places offered · 80 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2025 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2023 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2022 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2021 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2020 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2019 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2018 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2017 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.2
- 2016 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2015 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2014 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Cornwall median
Dashed bars: as St Ives School, A Technology College (URN 112064), the previous school.
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 | 89 | 140 | 1.6 | 80 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 112 | 182 | 1.6 | 111 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 103 | 167 | 1.6 | 98 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 123 | 164 | 1.3 | 121 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 128 | 177 | 1.4 | 150 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 120 | 166 | 1.4 | 121 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 107 | 145 | 1.4 | 107 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 108 | 137 | 1.3 | 108 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 118 | 140 | 1.2 | 118 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 94 | 114 | 1.2 | 94 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 99 | 116 | 1.2 | 99 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 106 | 1.2 | 90 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 92 | 113 | 1.2 | 92 | 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.) | 115 | 42.4 | 36% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 109 | 45.0 | 45% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 112 | 45.9 | 45% | 65% | −0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 131 | 47.4 | 51% | 72% | 0.00 |
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
- St Ives SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20221.6applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Cornwall20261.9applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · CornwallGood20231.8applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · Cornwall20262.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 12.1 km · CornwallGood20241.4applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 15.2 km · Cornwall20262.1applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 17.1 km · CornwallGood20231.8applications per place 32.7Attainment 8
- 17.7 km · CornwallStandards maintained20242.0applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 18.2 km · CornwallGood20221.4applications per place 43.9Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140675 · 908/4000
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 580 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2014
- Replaced
- St Ives School, A Technology College (URN 112064)
- Address
- Higher Tregenna, St Ives, TR26 2BB
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources