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Brannel School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Rectory Road, St Stephen, St Austell PL26 7RN · brannel.com · 01726 822485
On the mapSearch near PL26 7RN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Cornwall 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 888
- 138 over 750 places · 118%
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- First language not English
- 1.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 135 families put the school first and 136 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 | 136 | 135 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 155 | 154 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 198 | 196 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 203 | 200 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 197 | 193 | 1 | 96% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.6, and 31.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼31.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼54.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼10.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.39 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112050)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.8 | +2.5 |
| Sixth form college | 15.6 | 0 |
| Further education | 61.9 | +12.5 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 6.3 | 0 |
| Employment | 3.1 | −11.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.3 | −5 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | +0.6 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Brannel School on 23 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 23 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112050), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2015Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112050)
What parents said
16% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 16%
- Replies
- 32
- 3% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on the 78% who had a child bullied