Penair School
Truro, TR1 1TN · Cornwall · secondary school
5th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 6.7/10 against 916 of them, against 6.6/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.81 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 56.0 · 76 | 30% | 2.28 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.05 · 54 | 25% | 1.35 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 49.1 · 67 | 10% | 0.67 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. Penair was rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. In 2024/25, 56.0% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. The Attainment 8 score was 49.1, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.05 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did slightly better than those nationally who started from the same place. Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so they are not simply a reflection of who attends (6.7 out of 10 against similar schools, 6.6 out of 10 against all schools).
Getting in. The school has 1239 pupils in a capacity of 1320, leaving 81 spare places. This means the school has a little room, but is fairly full.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to maintain the progress seen in the 2023/24 data? What specific opportunities exist for students to develop skills beyond the core curriculum? How does the school manage the transition for new students given the current pupil numbers?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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