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Torpoint Community College

Torpoint, PL11 2NH · Cornwall · secondary school

Ofsted: Good · 2022 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Secondary
3.5/10 Broadly average

25th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to the 888 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 2.0/10 among them, against 2.6/10 nationally. 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
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 37.8 · 34 30% 1.03
Progress 8 2023/24 -0.47 · 17 25% 0.43
Attainment 8 2024/25 41.0 · 25 10% 0.25

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. In 2024/25, 37.8% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 41.0, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.47 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Ofsted rated the school Good in 2022. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 2.0 out of 10 among them, against 2.6 out of 10 nationally.

Getting in. The school has 668 pupils in a capacity of 1141, leaving 473 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between their current attainment and the national median? What specific steps are being taken to improve Progress 8 scores? How does the large number of spare places affect the size of year groups?

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