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The Cornwall Independent School

Mixed · ages 4–16 · no sixth formCornwall, South West · Hayle TR27 4HYSchool website
Pupils on roll
73of 90 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
6
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where The Cornwall Independent School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Nearly everyone studies a modern language to GCSE (French entries add up to 100% of the cohort), which is rare outside selective and independent schools.

50% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE in 2025 (England 45%). Attainment 8 is not comparable for independent schools, which often enter pupils for IGCSEs that the Department for Education does not count.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cornwall and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolCornwallEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)55.545.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%43%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects100%28%41%
EBacc average point score5.533.894.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort23%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils33.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils48.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language3%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Combined Science6100%65%50%9%100%
English Literature6100%86%17%21%100%
French6100%18%17%29%50%
Geography6100%41%17%25%100%
Mathematics6100%88%0%22%100%
English Language6100%89%0%20%100%
History467%41%26%
Fine Art467%9%28%
Computer Science233%13%30%
Food Preparation and Nutrition233%8%21%

Other secondary schools in Cornwall

Bodmin College

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,236 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0

Brannel School

Academy sponsor led · 888 pupils

72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.