Penryn College
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Penryn College is an LEA
-maintained mixed
secondary school
and Sports College
in the Cornish
town of Penryn
, United Kingdom
. It has 934 pupils in the age range 11–16 years. The head teacher
is Marie Hunter.
, it moved to its present location in 1961, and attained Sports College status in 1998, the seventeenth school to do so. A new £26 million building, completed in September 2008, has replaced the original block. New facilities include a sports hall, activity suite, gym, dance studio and drama studio.
rating was grade 1 (outstanding), and the school has a "leading edge" designation from the Department for Children, Schools and Families
. Penryn College was listed as one of the hundred most improved schools by the Department for Education and Employment; other achievements include a South West Education Business Partnership Award, runner-up in the national "Family of Schools" Award, and the Sportsmark
.
Local Education Authority
A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction...
-maintained mixed
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
and Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
in the Cornish
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...
town of Penryn
Penryn, Cornwall
Penryn is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Penryn River about one mile northwest of Falmouth...
, 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...
. It has 934 pupils in the age range 11–16 years. The head teacher
Head teacher
A head teacher or school principal is the most senior teacher, leader and manager of a school....
is Marie Hunter.
History
Established in 1957 in FalmouthFalmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
, it moved to its present location in 1961, and attained Sports College status in 1998, the seventeenth school to do so. A new £26 million building, completed in September 2008, has replaced the original block. New facilities include a sports hall, activity suite, gym, dance studio and drama studio.
Academic standards
Its latest OfstedOfsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
rating was grade 1 (outstanding), and the school has a "leading edge" designation from the Department for Children, Schools and Families
Department for Children, Schools and Families
The Department for Children, Schools and Families was a department of the UK government, between 2007 and 2010, responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education...
. Penryn College was listed as one of the hundred most improved schools by the Department for Education and Employment; other achievements include a South West Education Business Partnership Award, runner-up in the national "Family of Schools" Award, and the Sportsmark
Sportsmark
Sportsmark is Sport England's accreditation scheme for secondary schools. The scheme recognises a school's out of hours sports provision.Sportsmark awards are given to secondary schools for provision for sport and physical education. They are currently being reviewed along with Activemark awards...
.