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Falmouth School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Trescobeas Road, Falmouth TR11 4LH · falmouthschool.net · 01326 372386

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
48.3
average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
923
69% of 1,344 places
Local authority
Cornwall
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
22.8%
First language not English
3.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Roseland Multi Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 168 families put the school first and 170 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 140 (Places 192)140September 2023: 122 (Places 218)122September 2024: 131 (Places 172)131September 2025: 103 (Places 160)103September 2026: 168 (Places 170)168Places 170
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261701681100%
September 2025Sept 20251601030.6100%
September 2024Sept 20241721310.8100%
September 2023Sept 20232181220.6100%
September 2022Sept 20221921400.7100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.3, and 46.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cornwall it was 45.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade E (8.82 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 50.7 (England 46.3)50.72017/18: 52.2 (England 46.5)52.22018/19: 48.3 (England 46.7)48.32021/22: 50.2 (England 48.8)50.22022/23: 42.7 (England 46.3)42.72023/24: 48.9 (England 45.9)48.92024/25: 48.3 (England 46.0)48.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲48.346.0
●46.6%45.4%
▲69.9%64.8%
▼24.7%40.5%
●4.224.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form15.4−1.3
Further education75.1+5.8
Apprenticeship1.8−1.3
Employment2.4−0.7
Not in a lasting destination2.4−1.2
Activity not captured3−0.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.0 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 28.7 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 30.3 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 31.2 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 37.6 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 28.6 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 31.6 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 8.8 (England 35.0)EEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
7 studentsE (8.8)Average -0.25
7 studentsE (8.8)Average -0.25
28 studentsMerit+ (26.9)Average -0.29
83.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2427C (31.6)+0.14
2022/2329C (28.6)—
2021/2233B- (37.6)—
2018/1969C (31.2)-0.06
2017/1845C (30.3)-0.04
2016/1749C (28.7)-0.06
2015/1671C (30)-0.16

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University36.2+14
Further and other education19−0.8
Further education17.2—
Other education1.7—
Apprenticeship3.4−4
Employment20.7−11.4
Not in a lasting destination10.3−2
Activity not captured10.3+4.1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Falmouth School on 23 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
23 Apr 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2023Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2020Monitoring visitEffective action

Before September 2019

  • May 2019Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jun 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Jan 2009Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (251 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
71%
Replies
251
28% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼74% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼84% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼73% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼77% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼75% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼65% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼75% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼63% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼65% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 83% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼38% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 40% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼58% agreeEngland 67%

based on 75 parents (30%) with SEND

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