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Best secondary schools in Cornwall

31 of 32 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Cornwall schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 27 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 The Roseland Academy Truro hidden gem 0.41 Outstanding improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Penrice Academy St Austell 0.32 Not judged about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Poltair School St Austell 0.26 Good oversubscribed 1.19 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Launceston College Launceston 0.22 Good about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Newquay Tretherras Newquay hidden gem 0.17 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Mullion School Helston 0.15 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Penryn College Penryn 0.14 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Richard Lander School Truro 0.07 Good about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Penair School Truro hidden gem 0.05 Good improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Wadebridge School Wadebridge 0.05 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Brannel School St Austell hidden gem 0.02 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Treviglas Academy Newquay 0.01 Not judged about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Cape Cornwall School Penzance -0.08 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Falmouth School Falmouth -0.08 Not judged declining about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Liskeard School and Community College Liskeard -0.09 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 St Ives School St Ives hidden gem -0.12 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 Hayle Academy Hayle -0.13 Good oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 Camborne Science and International Academy Camborne hidden gem -0.15 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Redruth School Redruth -0.17 Good improving about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Budehaven Community School Bude -0.22 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Fowey River Academy Fowey -0.22 Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 Humphry Davy School Penzance -0.27 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Callington Community College Callington hidden gem -0.28 Good improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Saltash Community School Saltash -0.3 Not judged declining about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Sir James Smith's School Camelford hidden gem -0.43 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Bodmin College Bodmin -0.44 Not judged declining about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 Torpoint Community College Torpoint hidden gem -0.47 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Helston Community College Helston -0.48 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 Mounts Bay Academy Penzance hidden gem -0.56 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Pool Academy Redruth -0.59 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 Looe Community Academy Looe -0.75 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in Cornwall

1 further secondary school with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Cornwall, not a fairer one.

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