Report card · inspected Jun 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
- 23 June 2026Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 5 April 2022Graded 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 entry199 applications · 136 places offered · 135 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2025 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Cornwall median median 1.7
- 2023 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2021 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2020 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.4
- 2019 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.5
- 2018 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.3
- 2017 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.2; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Cornwall median median 1.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Cornwall median
Dashed bars: as Brannel School (URN 112050), 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 | 136 | 199 | 1.5 | 135 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 155 | 219 | 1.4 | 154 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 198 | 280 | 1.4 | 196 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 203 | 246 | 1.2 | 200 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 197 | 253 | 1.3 | 193 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 203 | 239 | 1.2 | 201 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 166 | 211 | 1.3 | 159 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 167 | 221 | 1.3 | 168 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2018 | 141 | 176 | 1.3 | 136 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 161 | 190 | 1.2 | 161 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 112 | 140 | 1.3 | 112 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 124 | 142 | 1.2 | 121 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 136 | 165 | 1.2 | 135 | 0.99 |
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.) | 183 | 38.0 | 30% | 51% | – |
| 2024/25 | 164 | 41.6 | 31% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 160 | 40.8 | 28% | 51% | +0.02 |
| 2022/23 | 138 | 41.5 | 30% | 54% | −0.24 |
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
- Brannel SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 7.5 km · CornwallGood20242.6applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 7.5 km · CornwallRemains Outstanding20241.6applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · CornwallRemains Good20231.9applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 14.7 km · CornwallRemains Good20241.8applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 17.4 km · CornwallRemains Good20231.8applications per place 53.7Attainment 8
- 17.6 km · CornwallGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 34.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145108 · 908/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 888 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2017
- Replaced
- Brannel School (URN 112050)
- Address
- Rectory Road, St Stephen, St Austell, PL26 7RN
- Local authority
- Cornwall
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources