| Established | 1907 |
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| Headteacher | Mr Stephen Tong |
| Specialism | Sports |
| Location | Trevarthian Road St Austell Cornwall PL25 4BZ United Kingdom |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| DfE number | ???/4157 |
| DfE URN | 112052 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 804 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Colours | Traditionally bottle-green, currently navy blue |
| Website | Poltair School |
Poltair School, located on the site of the former St Austell Grammar School, is a specialist Sports College.
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It has educational links with schools in Dithmarschen, Germany, notably the Gymnasium Heide-Ost. It has also had links with College Des Quatre Vents in Lanmeur, Brittany.
It is next to the St Austell campus of Cornwall College.
It was founded in 1907.
It became a comprehensive in 1971, at the same time that it lost its sixth form. St Austell Sixth Form College was built at the same time next to the Mid-Cornwall College of Further Education on Palace Road. These merged in 1993[1] to form St Austell College, opposite the school.
In 2007, Poltair School held its Centenary, which included guided tours of the school, a service at St Johns Methodist Church, and celebrations at St Austell's Eden Project.
The school has recently undergone a £5 million redevelopment programme, which included a new main hall, dining hall, radio studio, and dance/drama facilities, amongst other additions.
The school was the only secondary school in Cornwall to boast a full student radio station, Inferno Radio, when the station launched in 2004.
The school's GCSE pass rate increased 16% in the 2 years up until July 2007. However its GCSE pass rate is well below the England average, and the second lowest in Cornwall (above Redruth School).
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