14.09.2020 Great attendance for our first week back! We have welcomed our students back to school this week and have been delighted with fabulous attendance figures throughout the year groups – a fantastic 98%! Our students have impressed us all with how quickly they have adapted to the new situation and got back into learning in the classroom. We are excited and looking… Read more »
14.09.2020 Penrice achieves “Super User” status on Careerpilot! We’re delighted that we’ve been awarded “Super User” status for Careerpilot at our school – students,if you haven’t registered yet, look now! Careerpilot is a great, free-to-use website for both our students, their parents/carers and our teachers and tutors which provides detailed information to help young people plan their future study and career. This includes:… Read more »
14.09.2020 Mathematical Success at the United Kingdom Maths Trust Online Junior Challenge 2020! One hundred of our fantastic mathematicians across Year 7 and Year 8 participated in the Challenge after successfully qualifying earlier this year. We were delighted to receive news that 43 students have been awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates. A superb achievement in last terms lockdown circumstances. Congratulations to our winners below and thank you… Read more »
26.06.2020 Parents of our new Year 7 starters in September 2020 – fill in your forms now please! Can we remind the parents of the incoming Year 7 to complete the Year 7 Starters Data Capture and Consents Form. Click here to go to our Transitions 2020 page and get the link to the form
19.05.2020 Calling all parents and students from Year 7-10, we need your feedback! Calling all parents and students from Year 7-10, we need your feedback. Please complete this survey to help us shape how we move forward next half term. Many thanks, Lucy Gambier https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefmWQ4vjeXhY6kGpTxm1BrlbqyQ65aNI8YzJbF-hhp_h8lcQ/formResponse
24.04.2020 Parents – Don’t forget free National Online Safety Weekly Guides available National Online Safety have published a guide this week for parents about children using Netflix. Click on the image to find out more. If you haven’t used/registered on the NOS site before, click here to find out how.
31.03.2020 Help for Young People – A-Z Services available to support our students We have a list of services to support emotional wellbeing and mental health of young people complied by NHS and CAMHS, click here to go to the downloadable version. There is also an Online chat available 9am-9pm until 14th April from Young People Cornwall, Click here to go to the full poster.
21.03.2020 Latest DfE guidance for GCSE grades determination 20 March 2020 GCSE grades determination – the latest information from the Department for Education 20 March 2020 Dear Parent/Carer, The Department for Education (DfE) have now released some further guidance as to how GCSE grades will be determined. The grade a student will achieve, in each subject area, will be based on a range of data known… Read more »
20.03.2020 Penrice Parents/Carer Keyworker booking form is available online now – click here for more information Dear Parent/Carer The Government advice is to keep children at home if at all possible, however Penrice Academy will stay open for those that absolutely need it. If either parent is a key worker please complete the form to book your child/children a place as required. Further to my communication yesterday, if you are a… Read more »
26.02.2020 School Closure information update 19 March See the Principal’s letter 19th March 2020, School Closure and support to families at time of closure – click here to go to the downloadable documents