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Redruth School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Foundation school
Tolgus Vean, Redruth TR15 1TA · redruth.cornwall.sch.uk · 01209 203700
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,433
- 96% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29.9%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 307 families put the school first and 285 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 285 | 307 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 293 | 321 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 298 | 362 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 292 | 319 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 316 | 338 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.7, and 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cornwall it was 45.2, and across England 46.
In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade C- (27 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼42.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.98 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.4 | −2.2 |
| Further education | 78.2 | −4.3 |
| Other education | 1.4 | +0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 8.1 | +3.8 |
| Employment | 4.2 | +0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.6 | +0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 2.1 | +1.7 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2017/18 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 students | C- (27) | Below average -0.23 | |
| 32 students | C- (27) | Below average -0.25 | |
| Applied general9 students | Merit (24) | Average -0.34 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 41 | C- (27.3) | -0.22 |
| 2015/16 | 49 | D+ (23.4) | -0.02 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2017/18 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 69 | +32 |
| Apprenticeship | 7 | −1 |
| Employment | 14 | −11 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10 | −12 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Redruth School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (190 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 190
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 42 parents (22%) with SEND