Fowey River Academy

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

676

Places

1000

How full

68% full — 676 of 1000 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

329 / 347

Overall absence

9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

28%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

32%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

2%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

15%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

93%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

81%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

1%

No sustained destination

7%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

96

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Cornwall 035B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

39%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

11%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

76%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

4%

England 17%

Households with no car

7%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

50%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

No

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Ben Eddy

Local authority

Cornwall

Ward

Fowey, Tywardreath & Par

Constituency

St Austell and Newquay

URN

140836

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.