Penwith Alternative Provision Academy
Special / other · Penzance · TR18 3NX
Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
44 pupils · 81% of 54 capacity
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Age range
- 3–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 70.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 92.9% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 7.1% of pupils
- Website
- www.waveedu.org
- URN
- 139760
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 8 January 2025: Schools into Special Measures Visit 3
- 1 February 2024: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 11 October 2022: Inadequate
- 22 January 2019: School remains Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.