- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
Results above the Cornwall average, low absence.
251 first choices, 273 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1649.1
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,405
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
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- Ofsted:Outstanding
Results close to the Cornwall average.
120 first choices, 125 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1647.5
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 8.7%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 665
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Cornwall average, low absence.
268 first choices, 282 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1653.6
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,751
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
- Ofsted:Good
Results well above the Cornwall average, low absence.
326 first choices, 308 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1653.7
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,561
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results above the Cornwall average, low absence.
209 first choices, 207 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1648.5
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,205
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
- Ofsted:Good
Results above the Cornwall average, low absence.
222 first choices, 236 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1649.4
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,223
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results above the Cornwall average, high absence.
231 first choices, 237 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1649.0
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,614
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
- Ofsted:Good in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results above the Cornwall average, high absence.
168 first choices, 170 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1649.1
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 923
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
- Ofsted:Good
Results close to the Cornwall average.
307 first choices, 285 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1648.1
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 8.9%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 1,433
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
Results below the Cornwall average, low absence.
167 first choices, 135 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1640.9
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 623
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
- Ofsted:Good
Results close to the Cornwall average, high absence.
221 first choices, 221 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1646.8
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,140
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Ofsted:Good
Results close to the Cornwall average.
95 first choices, 95 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1645.0
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 9.1%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 548
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
- Ofsted:Good
Results above the Cornwall average.
189 first choices, 191 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1648.5
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 8.9%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 1,018
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
- Ofsted:Good
Results below the Cornwall average.
80 first choices, 89 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1642.4
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 8.8%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 580
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a nursery
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cornwall average.
222 first choices, 225 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1643.9
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 9.0%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 1,297
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
- Ofsted:Good in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cornwall average, low absence.
248 first choices, 241 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1645.9
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 872
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Ofsted:Good
Results below the Cornwall average.
218 first choices, 183 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1641.7
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 9.6%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 882
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.0
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cornwall average, high absence.
208 first choices, 204 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1643.7
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,145
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cornwall average.
160 first choices, 166 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1647.4
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 9.5%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 887
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
- Ofsted:Good in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results below the Cornwall average.
157 first choices, 159 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1640.6
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 9.6%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 1,139
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cornwall average.
178 first choices, 178 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1643.7
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 9.5%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 1,115
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Ofsted:Good
Results below the Cornwall average, high absence.
164 first choices, 166 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1641.7
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 740
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results below the Cornwall average, high absence.
107 first choices, 111 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1639.4
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 668
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
- Ofsted:Good in every area
Results well below the Cornwall average.
101 first choices, 105 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1634.9
Cornwall 45.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 8.8%Cornwall 9.3%
- Pupils
- 676
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
- Secondary schools55including 13 special
- Attainment 8 at 1645.5England 46.2
- Good or Outstanding100%of graded schools ·
- Faith schools5 of 551 Church of England
- With a nursery class6take children from 2 or 3
- Free school meals26.3%of pupils get them
The big picture
How Cornwall's secondary schools spread out
Each dot is one school. Hover over a dot to see which school it is.
Attainment 8 at 16
Average score across each pupil's best eight GCSEs.
Days missed
Share of school sessions pupils missed, for any reason. Lower is better.
Ofsted grades in Cornwall
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded. 35 newer or converted schools don't have a grade yet.
- Outstanding: 1 of 20
- Good: 19 of 20
- Requires improvement: 0 of 20
- Inadequate: 0 of 20
Before you apply
Four things worth knowing in Cornwall
Some are faith schools.
5 of the 55 secondary schools in Cornwall have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.
Show schools with no religious characterApply by 31 October.
Apply to your council in Year 6 for a Year 7 place. Offers come out on 1 March.
Check how old the Ofsted grade is.
Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.
Show Good or OutstandingList a school you're likely to get.
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About these schools
Secondary schools in Cornwall, explained
There are 55 secondary schools in Cornwall, teaching 33,046 children. 5 are run by the council and 37 are academies or free schools. Among them are 13 special and 13 independent schools.
100% of the mainstream state schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 1 of them is Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
Pupils in Cornwall scored an average Attainment 8 of 45.5 across their best eight GCSEs, against 46.2 across England.
26.3% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £8,362 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 26.4% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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- Penzance4 secondary schools
- Truro4 secondary schools
- Liskeard3 secondary schools
- Redruth3 secondary schools
- St Austell3 secondary schools
- Bodmin2 secondary schools
- Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel2 secondary schools
- Hayle2 secondary schools
- Launceston2 secondary schools
- Newquay2 secondary schools
- Saltash2 secondary schools
- Camborne1 school
- Falmouth1 school
- Helston1 school
- Penryn1 school
- Pool1 school
- St Blazey1 school
- Torpoint1 school
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Questions
Questions parents ask
How many secondary schools are in Cornwall?
There are 55 secondary schools in Cornwall, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.
What are the best secondary schools in Cornwall?
The highest-ranked secondary schools in Cornwall on Eduscope are Penrice Academy, The Roseland Academy and Camborne Science and International Academy. We rank each state school against schools of the same phase across England on its Ofsted inspection, results and attendance.
How many Ofsted Outstanding secondary schools are in Cornwall?
Cornwall has 1 secondary schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted. A further 19 are rated Good, meaning 100% of inspected schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating.
How are secondary schools in Cornwall ranked on Eduscope?
Each state school gets a rank score out of 100. We place each measure as a percentile among state schools of the same phase across England, then weight them. Primary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 30%, pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 30%, pupils reaching the higher standard 10%, persistent absence (lower is better) 20%, average reading and maths scores 10%. Secondary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 25%, Attainment 8 25%, grade 5 or above in English and maths 15%, persistent absence (lower is better) 15%, pupils staying in education or work after GCSEs 10%, A level average points (sixth forms only) 10%. Results are averaged over up to three years, and an Ofsted grade older than five years counts for less. A school needs data for at least 60% of the weights. Special schools, pupil referral units, nurseries, independent schools and 16 to 19 schools aren't ranked, and are listed by Ofsted grade and name. Our methodology page explains more.
What is the average class size in Cornwall secondary schools?
The average pupil-teacher ratio across secondary schools in Cornwall is 17:1. While this is not a direct measure of class size, it indicates the level of teaching resource available per pupil.
How do I choose a secondary school in Cornwall?
When choosing a secondary school in Cornwall, consider Ofsted ratings, GCSE results (Progress 8 and Attainment 8), sixth form provision, and the school's specialisms. You can compare all 55 secondary schools on Eduscope using filters for school type, gender, and admissions policy.
Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.