Penrice Academy
Secondary schoolPenrice Academy is a secondary school in Cornwall, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,405 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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 EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Penrice Academy was 49.1, against 45.5 in Cornwall and 46.2 in England.
47.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.1 | 45.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47.6% | 44.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66.5% | 63.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 275 | – | – |
- 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- Mount Charles SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- Sandy Hill AcademyPrimary. School remains Outstanding, January 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- Restormel AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met860 m
- Charlestown Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Bishop Bronescombe CofE SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Poltair SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.7 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
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).