Bodmin College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,236 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy sponsor led
Poltair School
- Pupils on roll
- 882of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 33.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 161
- Ofsted
- Good, 27 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Poltair School (URN 112052, until 31 August 2019).
What the data says
Poltair School has no sixth form. Of the 143 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 20% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 49% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Cornwall, with 48% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Poltair School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 143 | 5,628 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 20% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 49% | 54% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Poltair School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.4 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 48% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.22 | 3.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.5 | 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 | 6% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 161 | 100% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 76% |
| English Language | 161 | 100% | 89% | 22% | 20% | 70% |
| English Literature | 159 | 99% | 86% | 23% | 21% | 75% |
| Geography | 106 | 66% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 60% |
| History | 93 | 58% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 52% |
| Combined Science | 93 | 58% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 65% |
| Spanish | 79 | 49% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 66% |
| Biology | 63 | 39% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 87% |
| Chemistry | 61 | 38% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 89% |
| Physics | 61 | 38% | 23% | 16% | 46% | 89% |
| Art and Design | 27 | 17% | 7% | 22% | 24% | 63% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 16% | 13% | 16% | 30% | 44% |
| Design and Technology | 24 | 15% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 17% |
| Religious Studies | 15 | 9% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 87% |
| Portuguese | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| French | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 44 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 43 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 19 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 18 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 14 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Cornwall
Brannel School
Academy sponsor led · 888 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Budehaven Community School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,145 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.4
Callington Community College
Academy converter · sixth form · 887 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0
Camborne Science and International Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,751 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7
Cape Cornwall School
Academy sponsor led · 302 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.4
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.