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Secondary · TR19 · Cornwall

Cape Cornwall School

Cape Cornwall Street, St Just, Penzance, TR19 7JX

TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance93.1%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.08
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils306

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Inspection history

Improved from Inadequate (22 Mar 2017).

  1. Previous gradedInadequate

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in TR19. Where we have them, council (Cornwall) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
306
Free school meals
16.8%
1.9% below district average (18.7%)

Also: Cornwall 24.3% · England 25.8%

SEN
20.1%
4.2% above district average (15.9%)

Also: Cornwall 18.8% · England 16.5%

EAL
6.3%
3.6% above district average (2.7%)
Attendance
93.1%
2% below district average (95.1%)

Also: Cornwall 91.1% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
17.8%
Progress 8
-0.08 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
38.4
Grade 5+ English & maths
31.6%
Grade 4+ English & maths
57.9%
Entered for EBacc
64.9%
EBacc average point score
3.59

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the TR19 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2190.5%
  • 2021/2287.8%
  • 2022/2388%
  • 2023/2490%
  • 2024/2590.1%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
612
Pupils on roll
306

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Cornwall page.

SEN support

SEN %
20.1%
On-site provision
SEN unit · SPLD, VI, OTH, HI
Need types
SPLDVIOTHHISLCNASDSEMHMSIPDMLDSLDPMLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates