Penryn College

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Penryn College
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Address
Penryn College
Poltisko Road

, ,
TR10 8PZ

England
Information
Type Academy
MottoAchieving through challenge
Established1957
Local authority Cornwall
Specialist Sports
Department for Education URN 136852 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherTamsin Schouten
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment917
HousesArwenack, Pendennis, Killigrew, Gluvias
Colour(s)  Black
PublicationNews reports on website
Website http://www.penryn-college.cornwall.sch.uk/

Penryn College is a mixed secondary academy school and Sports College in the Cornish town of Penryn, England, United Kingdom. It has 1,033 pupils in the age range of 11 to 16 years. [1] [2] The head teacher is Tamsin Schouten

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History

Penryn College was established in 1957 in Falmouth and it moved to its present location in 1961. It attained Sports College status in 1998, the seventeenth school to do so. [3] [4] A new £26 million building which was completed in September 2008, has replaced the original block. [5]

On 1 July 2011, Penryn College formally gained academy status. [6] The latest Ofsted inspection (June 2022) saw the school retain its status as 'good', [7] following its 2 previous inspections in April 2012 and February 2017. [8] [9]

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References

  1. Ofsted: Penryn College (accessed 30 November 2008)
  2. Specialist Schools and Academies Trust: School Search: Penryn College [ permanent dead link ] (accessed 30 April 2008)
  3. Penryn College: About Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 30 April 2008)
  4. Penryn College: Index Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 30 April 2008)
  5. Penryn College New Building Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 27 November 2008)
  6. "Penryn College". OFSTED . 8 October 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  7. "Inspection of a good school" (PDF). 14 June 2022.
  8. "Penryn College: Inspection Report" (PDF). Ofsted. 25–26 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  9. "[Letter to head teacher]" (PDF). Ofsted. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

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