Torpoint Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cornwall
Unique reference
112041
Address
Trevol Road, PL11 2NH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
748 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
2.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.1%
Persistent absence
31.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.5%
Mixed 3.4%
Other White 1.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other 0.8%
Irish 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.6
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.49
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE32
BiologyGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE50
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE132
English LiteratureGCSE132
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE36
FrenchGCSE23
GeographyGCSE66
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Torpoint Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
124
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
117
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
12
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
117
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
135
69
66
Year 8
151
76
75
Year 9
141
77
64
Year 10
135
60
75
Year 11
137
68
69
Year 12
31
11
20
Year 13
18
8
10
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
40.0%
54.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
36.0%
14.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
9.0%
13.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
42.0%
55.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
8.0%
19.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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