Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 9 November 2022Graded inspection: Good
- 13 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry305 applications · 225 places offered · 222 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2025 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2023 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2022 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2021 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2020 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2019 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2018 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2017 1.0; Cornwall median median 1.2
- 2016 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Cornwall median
Dashed bars: as Helston Community College (URN 112043), 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 | 225 | 305 | 1.4 | 222 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 197 | 260 | 1.3 | 191 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 211 | 287 | 1.4 | 206 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 246 | 288 | 1.2 | 249 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 226 | 258 | 1.1 | 218 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 223 | 288 | 1.3 | 220 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 233 | 279 | 1.2 | 229 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 236 | 283 | 1.2 | 218 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 | 210 | 272 | 1.3 | 210 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 238 | 237 | 1.0 | 207 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2016 * | 229 | 269 | 1.2 | 226 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 221 | 242 | 1.1 | 216 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 210 | 234 | 1.1 | 211 | 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.) | 209 | 43.9 | 41% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 214 | 43.6 | 47% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 223 | 39.2 | 26% | 54% | −0.48 |
| 2022/23 | 209 | 44.2 | 39% | 67% | −0.28 |
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
- Helston Community CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.4applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · CornwallGood20232.1applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · CornwallGood20241.4applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 13.0 km · CornwallRemains Good20221.8applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · Cornwall20261.9applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 13.5 km · Cornwall20262.1applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 14.0 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · CornwallStandards maintained20242.0applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 18.2 km · CornwallRemains Good20221.6applications per place 42.4Attainment 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
- 143981 · 908/4146
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,712 pupils · 1,297 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Helston Community College (URN 112043)
- Address
- Church Hill, Helston, TR13 8NR
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources