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Torpoint Community College

Secondary · Torpoint · PL11 2NH

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 7 July 2022

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At a glance

668 pupils · 59% of 1,141 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
25.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.torpoint.cornwall.sch.uk
URN
112041

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 107 families named it first for 111 Year 7 places, 0.96 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 7 July 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

111 places offered · 107 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

GCSE results (2024/2025)

135 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
41
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
56.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
37.8%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.8
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) D+
21.9
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school41
Median of its 12 closest peers44.1
Cornwall average44.8
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Teignmouth Community School, Exeter RoadTeignmouth · 33 miles awayRequires improvement42.3
Norton SchoolMalton · 297 miles awayGood41
The Ramsey Academy, HalsteadHalstead · 237 miles awayRequires improvement39.3
Oldbury Wells SchoolBridgnorth · 167 miles awayGood44.9
Lady Lumley's AcademyPickering · 304 miles awayGood52.7
Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary AcademyIlkeston · 217 miles awayGood (2019)48.1
The John Warner SchoolHoddesdon · 206 miles awayInadequate40.8
Sheringham High SchoolSheringham · 291 miles awayGood47.1
Biddulph High SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 208 miles awayNeeds attention43.3
Outwood Academy RiponRipon · 283 miles awayGood46.6
Campsmount AcademyDoncaster · 259 miles awayGood41.5
Five Acres High SchoolColeford · 121 miles awayStrong standard51.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Cornwall 89%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (Cornwall 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Cornwall 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Cornwall 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Cornwall 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Cornwall 0%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Cornwall 0%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Cornwall 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

30.04 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cornwall: 37.09 suspensions and 0.43 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

74% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,932; 8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,010
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (7%) · supplies and services 8% (10%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,392,803; in-year balance +£12,005

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
79%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
5%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
22%
Apprenticeship
17%
Employment
39%
Any sustained destination
83%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.7%62.3%
Social housing8.3%17.1%
Privately rented14.9%20.5%
Detached houses12.3%22.9%
Flats13.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018798 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£210,000298 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£170,000–£254,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (35)£320,000
Semi-detached (91)£235,000
Terraced (134)£204,000
Flat (38)£118,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
7a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
12a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
4a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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