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Penrice Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Charlestown Road, St Austell PL25 3NR · penriceacademy.org · 0172672163
On the mapSearch near PL25 3NR
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 50.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,405
- 98% of 1,440 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.7%
- First language not English
- 2.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 251 families put the school first and 273 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 | 273 | 251 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 273 | 277 | 1▲ | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 272 | 272 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 304 | 327 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 296 | 333 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.9, and 52.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲50.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲52.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲74.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲88.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.85 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.5 | −0.3 |
| Sixth form college | 33.8 | −4.9 |
| Further education | 50.6 | +3.1 |
| Other education | 0.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8 | +1.6 |
| Employment | 3.3 | −0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.1 | −0.1 |
| Activity not captured | 1.1 | +0.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Penrice Academy on 11 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (229 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 229
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 69 parents (30%) with SEND