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Helston Community College

Secondary school

Helston Community College is a secondary school in Cornwall, for pupils aged 0 to 18. It had 1,297 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Good (overall), November 2022

Inspection
Graded inspection, 9 November 2022
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Helston Community College was 43.9, against 45.5 in Cornwall and 46.2 in England.

40.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

End of primary school (KS2)

2024/25
MeasureThis schoolCornwallEngland
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and mathsDoes not apply to this school60%62%
Reached the higher standardDoes not apply to this school7%8%
Average scaled score in readingDoes not apply to this school105106
Average scaled score in mathsDoes not apply to this school104105

End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)

2025/26, provisional
MeasureThis schoolCornwallEngland
Average Attainment 8 score43.945.546.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40.7%44.1%46.3%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64.1%63.9%64.8%
Pupils at the end of KS4209––
  • Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
  • Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cornwall

Where these figures come from

  • Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
  • Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).