Torpoint Community College

Torpoint Community College is recognized as a good school that upholds high expectations for its pupils, encouraging a positive and inclusive learning environment. Pupils express satisfaction and engagement in their education, showcasing a strong desire to succeed, particularly those in the sixth form who appreciate the support they receive in their academic pursuits. The school offers a broad curriculum, especially benefitting students with special educational needs, and provides a wealth of extra-curricular opportunities, including involvement in significant events like a regional LGBTQ+ conference and various skill-building lessons.

Strengths

• Leaders demonstrate high expectations of pupils.
• Pupils show positive attitudes to learning.
• The school fosters an inclusive environment.
• Pupils receive strong guidance on their educational and career paths.
• The personal development program is well-planned and comprehensive.
• Pupils with SEND follow the same ambitious curriculum.
• Pupils experience rich curricular and extra-curricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Governors lack a detailed understanding of the school's strengths and weaknesses.
• Inconsistent assessment practices in some subjects lead to gaps in pupil understanding.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Torpoint Community College attended 89.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 9.2% of pupils at Torpoint Community College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Torpoint Community College had 14.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 7.8% of pupils at Torpoint Community College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Torpoint Community College received £9,028 and spent £9,010 for each of its 668 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,393,000 (£2,085 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Torpoint Community College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Torpoint Community College is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Torpoint Community College last inspected by Ofsted?

Torpoint Community College was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Torpoint Community College have?

Torpoint Community College has 668 pupils on roll.

What age range does Torpoint Community College cover?

Torpoint Community College for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Torpoint Community College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 39.4, and 30% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Torpoint Community College?

Torpoint Community College is at Trevol Road, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2NH.