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Penrice Academy

URN: 136573

Address: Charlestown Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 3NR
CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 11 February 2025:

Quality of education:

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes:

Outstanding

Personal development:

Outstanding

Leadership and management:

Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 12 March 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. Full inspection: OutstandingFull inspection, PDF - 02 April 2014
    PDF – Published

  3. Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit, PDF - 15 March 2013
    PDF – Published

  4. Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter, PDF - 18 February 2012
    PDF – Published
  5. Opened
  6. Previously Penrice Community College Closed

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Penrice Academy

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Cornwall

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 1422
  • School capacity: 1440

Location

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  • Address: Charlestown Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 3NR
  • Region: South West

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Part of CORNWALL EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST

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