Penrice Community College
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Penrice Community College is an age 11-16 state school and specialist Language College
in St Austell
, Cornwall
, United Kingdom
. Almost 1300 pupils
, Penrice Secondary Modern School, becoming a comprehensive in the 1970s.
in November 2006.
status. It has been awarded second specialist status in Vocational Education and is collaborating with other local schools and colleges on vocational courses. The headteacher is David Parker, who took over fully in September 2006.
The uniform was changed in September 2006 by the students filling out a form in PSHE lessons in June 2006. The old uniform was blue, black and white, the new one is now only black and white.
The uniform has been altered again recently, using a black V- neck jumper with a yellow 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 yellow and blue and black ties.
Language College
Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
in St Austell
St Austell
St Austell is a civil parish and a major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the south coast approximately ten miles south of Bodmin and 30 miles west of the border with Devon at Saltash...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Almost 1300 pupils
History
It opened in the 1960s as a secondary modern schoolSecondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
, Penrice Secondary Modern School, becoming a comprehensive in the 1970s.
Curriculum
Languages taught include French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Madarin Chinese and some Cornish. It is also an International School having received a Gold International School Award from the British CouncilBritish Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
in November 2006.
Admissions
The college has a teacher training programme and has achieved Training SchoolTraining school
For a juvenile correctional facility, see youth detention center-----A training school is an official designation, awarded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, to schools in England that provide exceptional facilities for in-service and work experience training of teachers...
status. It has been awarded second specialist status in Vocational Education and is collaborating with other local schools and colleges on vocational courses. The headteacher is David Parker, who took over fully in September 2006.
The uniform was changed in September 2006 by the students filling out a form in PSHE lessons in June 2006. The old uniform was blue, black and white, the new one is now only black and white.
The uniform has been altered again recently, using a black V- neck jumper with a yellow 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 yellow and blue and black ties.
Academic performance
It achieves reasonable, above-average GCSE results. Like most secondary schools in Cornwall, it does not have a sixth form.Alumni
- Lieutenant Colonel James Galloway, Commanding Officer, The Scottish Transport RegimentThe Scottish Transport RegimentThe Scottish Transport Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps , is a regiment of the Territorial Army in the United Kingdom. The Scottish Transport Regiment is the only regiment of the RLC based in Scotland. It role is to provide general transport support at 'third line' for the British Army...
RLC(V) - David Dunn, High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea since 2007
- Nick Winser, Executive Director, National Grid