Bodmin College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,236 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy sponsor led
Cape Cornwall School
- Pupils on roll
- 302of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 57
- Ofsted
- Good, 17 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Cape Cornwall School (URN 112063, until 31 August 2018).
What the data says
Cape Cornwall School has no sixth form. Of the 29 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 83% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Cornwall, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Cape Cornwall School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Cape Cornwall School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 29 | 5,628 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 83% | 54% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Cape Cornwall School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.4 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 65% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.59 | 3.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 23% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 20.3 | 33.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.7 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 3% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 51 | 89% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 69% |
| English Literature | 50 | 88% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 76% |
| English Language | 47 | 82% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 72% |
| History | 39 | 68% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 69% |
| French | 38 | 67% | 18% | 5% | 29% | 37% |
| Combined Science | 32 | 56% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 41% |
| Geography | 32 | 56% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 63% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 33% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 19 | 33% | 23% | 16% | 45% | 95% |
| Physics | 19 | 33% | 23% | 26% | 46% | 95% |
| Art and Design | 18 | 32% | 7% | 39% | 24% | 94% |
| Design and Technology | 12 | 21% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 17% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 11 | 19% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 45% |
| Music | 11 | 19% | 5% | 18% | 33% | 55% |
| Computer Science | 9 | 16% | 13% | 22% | 30% | 67% |
| Graphic Communication | 1 | 2% | 1% | — | 23% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 14 | — | — |
Where Cape Cornwall School is
Other secondary schools in Cornwall are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Cornwall’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Cornwall
Brannel School
Academy sponsor led · 888 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Budehaven Community School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,145 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.4
Callington Community College
Academy converter · sixth form · 887 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0
Camborne Science and International Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,751 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7
Falmouth School
Academy converter · sixth form · 923 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.3
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.