Penrice Academy

Penrice Academy
Address
Charlestown Road St Austell , Cornwall , PL25 3NR England
Coordinates	50°20′16″N 4°46′09″W / 50.337899°N 4.76930°W / 50.337899; -4.76930Coordinates: 50°20′16″N 4°46′09″W / 50.337899°N 4.76930°W / 50.337899; -4.76930
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	'Pride, Respect, Success'
Specialist	Language
Department for Education URN	136573 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	Amanda Barnes
Principal	Richard Baker
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1,350
Colour(s)	Black and Gold
Publication	Communicate
Website	http://www.penriceacademy.org/

Penrice Academy is an age 11-16 academy school and specialist Language College in St Austell, Cornwall, England. Approximately 1,350 pupils attend the academy.

History[]

The school opened in 1960 as a secondary modern school, Penrice Secondary Modern School, becoming a comprehensive in the 1970s.

It gained academy status on 1 April 2011.

The Penrice Logo

Curriculum[]

Languages taught include French, Spanish and German. It is also an International School having received a Gold International School Award from the British Council for a third time in 2012. Other strengths are Creative and Digital Arts, English and Science. The academy sends record numbers of students onto A Level Science courses.

Admissions[]

The academy has a teacher training programme and has achieved status. The principal is Richard Baker, who took over in February 2016; From Mr David Parker (2005-2016).

The Academy takes students of all abilities and is open to all.

The uniform has been altered recently to a black blazer, black V-neck jumper with a gold strip around the neck, a gold and black striped tie and black trousers. The prefects wear the same uniform, but with a blue strip instead of the gold, and blue and black ties.

Academic performance[]

The academy achieves above-average GCSE results. In 2016 the school had a Progress 8 score of +0.17, with 77% of pupils earning A*-C grades in GCSE English and Mathematics.^[1] Like most secondary schools in Cornwall, it does not have a sixth form and students go onto either Truro College, Cornwall College or Bodmin College

The academy is currently graded "Outstanding" by Ofsted and was one of the first schools to be designated a 'Teaching School' in England.

References[]

http://www.penriceacademy.org/

External links[]

• EduBase^{[permanent dead link]}