Bodmin College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,236 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy converter
Penryn College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,140of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 226
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 15 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Penryn College (URN 112044, until 1 July 2011).
What the data says
Penryn College has no sixth form. Of the 225 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 75% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Cornwall, with 49% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Penryn College is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cornwall and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Penryn College | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 225 | 5,628 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 75% | 54% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Penryn College | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.2 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 20% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.11 | 3.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.7 | 33.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.4 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 3% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 220 | 97% | 89% | 28% | 20% | 75% |
| Mathematics | 219 | 97% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 74% |
| English Literature | 218 | 96% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 83% |
| Combined Science | 150 | 66% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 61% |
| Religious Studies | 116 | 51% | 31% | 47% | 32% | 82% |
| Geography | 113 | 50% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 76% |
| History | 91 | 40% | 41% | 36% | 26% | 68% |
| Biology | 66 | 29% | 23% | 39% | 45% | 95% |
| Physics | 65 | 29% | 23% | 35% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 64 | 28% | 23% | 41% | 47% | 98% |
| Art and Design | 48 | 21% | 7% | 19% | 24% | 71% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 46 | 20% | 8% | 15% | 21% | 76% |
| Physical Education | 39 | 17% | 11% | 46% | 24% | 95% |
| French | 32 | 14% | 18% | 41% | 29% | 75% |
| Design and Technology | 28 | 12% | 11% | 4% | 23% | 57% |
| Applied Engineering | 26 | 12% | 0% | 15% | 18% | 54% |
| Spanish | 20 | 9% | 19% | 75% | 27% | 95% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 8% | 13% | 26% | 30% | 63% |
| Drama | 11 | 5% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 73% |
| Textiles | 9 | 4% | 2% | 33% | 27% | 67% |
| Music | 6 | 3% | 5% | 100% | 33% | 100% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimedia | 61 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 60 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 19 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 17 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 11 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.