Graded inspection · Nov 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 entry199 applications · 95 places offered · 95 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2025 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2024 1.9; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2023 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2022 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2021 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2020 1.7; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2019 1.8; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2018 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2017 1.6; Cornwall median median 1.2
- 2016 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Cornwall median
Dashed bars: as Mullion School (URN 112058), 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 | 95 | 199 | 2.1 | 95 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 109 | 201 | 1.8 | 109 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 104 | 195 | 1.9 | 101 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 112 | 169 | 1.5 | 108 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 95 | 138 | 1.5 | 94 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 110 | 168 | 1.5 | 110 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 104 | 172 | 1.7 | 102 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 114 | 209 | 1.8 | 131 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2018 | 110 | 170 | 1.6 | 111 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 113 | 184 | 1.6 | 151 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2016 * | 99 | 141 | 1.4 | 99 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 103 | 143 | 1.4 | 103 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 86 | 120 | 1.4 | 86 | 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.) | 108 | 45.0 | 41% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 107 | 43.7 | 41% | 58% | – |
| 2023/24 | 114 | 42.9 | 33% | 67% | +0.15 |
| 2022/23 | 109 | 48.9 | 47% | 68% | +0.41 |
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
- Mullion SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · CornwallGood20221.4applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 17.9 km · CornwallRemains Good20221.8applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 17.9 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 21.6 km · Cornwall20261.9applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 21.7 km · CornwallGood20241.4applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 22.7 km · Cornwall20262.1applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 23.3 km · CornwallStandards maintained20242.0applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 24.4 km · CornwallGood20231.8applications per place 41.7Attainment 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
- 143993 · 908/4164
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 582 pupils · 548 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Mullion School (URN 112058)
- Address
- Meaver Road, Mullion, Helston, TR12 7EB
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources