South West
Secondary 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.
Secondary schools in Cornwall
Sorted by Attainment 8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Lander SchoolCommunity school | Truro | Good 2023 | 51 |
| Penrice AcademyAcademy converter | St Austell | No grade | 50.9 |
| Camborne Science and International AcademyAcademy converter | Camborne | Good 2024 | 49.7 |
| Penryn CollegeAcademy converter | Penryn | Good 2022 | 49.2 |
| Penair SchoolAcademy converter | Truro | Good 2023 | 49.1 |
| Newquay TretherrasAcademy converter | Newquay | Good 2024 | 48.4 |
| The Roseland AcademyAcademy converter | Truro | Outstanding 2024 | 48.3 |
| Falmouth SchoolAcademy converter | Falmouth | No grade | 48.3 |
| Launceston CollegeAcademy converter | Launceston | Good 2023 | 48 |
| Poltair SchoolAcademy sponsor led | St Austell | Good 2024 | 47.4 |
| Bodmin CollegeAcademy converter | Bodmin | No grade | 46 |
| Redruth SchoolFoundation school | Redruth | No grade | 45.7 |
| Budehaven Community SchoolFoundation school | Bude | Good 2024 | 45.4 |
| St Ives SchoolAcademy sponsor led | St Ives | Good 2022 | 45 |
| Wadebridge SchoolAcademy converter | Wadebridge | No grade | 44.7 |
| Callington Community CollegeAcademy converter | Callington | Good 2023 | 44 |
| Mounts Bay AcademyAcademy converter | Penzance | No grade | 43.7 |
| Mullion SchoolAcademy converter | Helston | Good 2023 | 43.7 |
| Helston Community CollegeAcademy converter | Helston | Good 2022 | 43.6 |
| Treviglas AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Newquay | No grade | 43 |
| Saltash Community SchoolAcademy converter | Saltash | No grade | 42.9 |
| Liskeard School and Community CollegeAcademy converter | Liskeard | No grade | 42.8 |
| Sir James Smith's SchoolAcademy converter | Camelford | Good 2022 | 42.7 |
| Hayle AcademyAcademy converter | Hayle | No grade | 42.4 |
| Pool AcademyAcademy converter | Redruth | No grade | 41.8 |
| Brannel SchoolAcademy sponsor led | St Austell | Good 2022 | 41.6 |
| Humphry Davy SchoolFoundation school | Penzance | Good 2023 | 41.5 |
| Torpoint Community CollegeFoundation school | Torpoint | Good 2022 | 41 |
| Fowey River AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Fowey | No grade | 39.7 |
| Looe Community AcademyAcademy converter | Looe | No grade | 39 |
| Cape Cornwall SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Penzance | Good 2023 | 38.4 |