South West
Independent schools in Cornwall
286 schools, 72,677 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 42.8.
Ofsted across Cornwall
Good143
Requires improvement14
Outstanding6
No overall grade123
163 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 123 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Cornwall
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polwhele House SchoolOther independent school | Truro | No grade | — |
| St Josephs SchoolOther independent school | Cornwall | No grade | — |
| The Cornwall Independent SchoolOther independent school | Hayle | No grade | — |
| Truro High SchoolOther independent school | Truro | No grade | — |
| Truro SchoolOther independent school | Cornwall | No grade | — |
| Truro School Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Truro | No grade | — |