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Penair School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
St Clement, Truro TR1 1TN · penair.cornwall.sch.uk · 01872 274737
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,223
- 93% of 1,320 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 20%
- First language not English
- 6.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Penair School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 222 families put the school first and 236 places were offered; 100% 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 | 236 | 222 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 256 | 244 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 267 | 247 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 251 | 203 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 245 | 192 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.1, and 56% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cornwall it was 45.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲56.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.08 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.5 | −0.1 |
| Further education | 84.9 | +9.9 |
| Other education | 1 | −0.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.9 | −0.9 |
| Employment | 1.5 | −2.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.4 | −4.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.9 | −0.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Penair School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (206 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 206
- 18% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 43 parents (21%) with SEND