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Liskeard School and Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Luxstowe, Liskeard PL14 3EA · liskeard.net · 01579 342344
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,115
- 69% of 1,607 places
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.4%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 178 families put the school first and 178 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 | 178 | 178 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 197 | 197 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 201 | 196 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 204 | 234 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 213 | 217 | 1▲ | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.8, and 35.5% 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 C (29.2 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼35.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.62 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112061)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 26 | −6.4 |
| Sixth form college | 20.6 | −2.7 |
| Further education | 34.3 | +9.9 |
| Other education | 2.9 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | −1.7 |
| Employment | 3.4 | −1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.9 | −1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | +0.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 students | C (29.2) | Below average -0.33 | |
| 51 students | C (29.2) | Below average -0.32 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 44 | C- (27) | -0.37 |
| 2022/23 | 59 | C- (26.2) | — |
| 2021/22 | 52 | C (30.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 68 | C (30) | +0.18 |
| 2017/18 | 75 | C (30.6) | +0.27 |
| 2016/17 | 71 | C (28.9) | +0.10 |
| 2015/16 | 80 | C (29.2) | +0.01 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 25 | −16.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.8 | +4.1 |
| Employment | 50 | +20.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 15.4 | −3.6 |
| Activity not captured | 3.8 | +0.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Liskeard School and Community College was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (185 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 185
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied
based on 65 parents (35%) with SEND