Penrice Community College
| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Principal | David Parker |
| Chair of Governors | Amanda Barnes |
| Location |
Charlestown Road St Austell Cornwall PL25 3NR England Coordinates: 50°20′16″N 4°46′09″W / 50.337899°N 4.76930°W |
| DfE URN | 136573 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,350 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Colours | Black and Gold |
| Publication | Communicate |
| Website |
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Penrice Community College is an age 11-16 academy school and specialist Language College in St Austell, Cornwall, England. Around 1,350 pupils attend the College.
History
The College 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.
Curriculum
Languages taught include French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and some Cornish. 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 College sends record numbers of students onto A Level Science courses.
Admissions
The College has a teacher training programme and has achieved Teaching School status. The principal is David Parker, who took over in September 2005.
The College 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 College achieves above-average GCSE results. Like most secondary schools in Cornwall, it does not have a sixth form and students go onto either Truro College or Cornwall College.
The College is currently graded "Outstanding" by Ofsted and was one of the first schools to be designated a 'Teaching School' in England.
Notable former pupils
- David Dunn, High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea since 2007