Penair School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cornwall
Unique reference
136567
Address
St Clement, TR1 1TN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1186 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
5.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.2%
Persistent absence
29.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.3%
Mixed 4.7%
Other White 3.3%
African 1.8%
Indian 0.8%
Other Asian 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

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

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.3
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.77
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award8
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
TourismTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE33
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE21
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE90
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Penair School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
267
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
247
2nd preference
139
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
246
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
246
123
123
Year 8
261
119
142
Year 9
237
113
124
Year 10
238
152
86
Year 11
204
106
98
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
75.0%
54.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
2.0%
14.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
13.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
4.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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