24.08.2023 GCSE Results 2023 ARTICLE UPDATE 26TH OCTOBER 2023: Newly published national school performance data has once again highlighted Penrice Academy as Cornwall’s top state school for a second successive year for both Progress 8 and Attainment 8 scores. The full story can be read here. Resilience Leads to Extraordinary Set of Results at Penrice Academy There was… Read more »
24.05.2023 Students Achieve Best Results Ever in UKMT Junior Maths Challenge We are delighted to share the news that six students have qualified for the next round of the highly-competitive UK Maths Trust (UKMT) Junior Maths Challenge, making this year Penrice Academy’s best performance ever in the competition! Held across the UK, the UKMT Maths Challenge is a 60-minute, multiple-choice exam that encourages mathematical reasoning, precision… Read more »
06.04.2022 Update – Kaydon (Year 11) Elected as Youth Parliament Representative Update – Wednesday 6 April 2022 On Wednesday 6 April, Cllr James Mustoe visited Penrice Academy to meet Kaydon in person and congratulate him on being elected as a Member of Youth Parliament (MYP). The pair chatted for over half an hour, discussing Kaydon’s aims in Youth Parliament as well as tackling the key issue… Read more »
23.01.2019 Penrice Presents \m/ For those about to rock… Penrice Presents: School of Rock Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn some extra cash posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious Prep School. There he turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding,… Read more »
14.12.2018 #BringItHome for Cornwall Hospice Care Penrice Academy Students Fundraise for a Cause Close to Home This year for their whole school fundraising initiative, Penrice Academy students are coming together to raise money for Cornwall Hospice Care, as their Mount Edgcumbe Hospice is just across the road from the school. Every year the Penrice Academy Council, made up of 14 students… Read more »
10.12.2018 French and Spanish Theatre On Monday 3rd December, Years 7, 8 and 9 French students were entranced once again by the fantastic Onatti Theatre Productions, with their play La salle des Énigmes! Who better to tell you how awesome Onatti Theatre are than our students themselves? “We really enjoyed watching the french play. The plot was very funny; the… Read more »
10.12.2018 Top Results for Year 10’s Lia Veteran Penrice Brass musician Lia has had a fantastic few weeks! On Saturday 24th Nvember she competed at St Dennis Solo Contest and came away with some top results: Under 15 Slow Melody – 1st Under 18 Slow Melody – 1st Under 18 Aire Varie – 1st Junior Duet Under 18 – 1st Open Slow… Read more »
07.12.2018 Music Festival 2018 Once again Penrice Academy musicians represented their school at St Austell’s Music Festival, coming away with a fantastic number of awards and top recognition. Mr Jones said: “As always we are extremely proud of the students who took part in this year’s Music Festival. I was really impressed with the number of first and second… Read more »
09.11.2018 Penrice Remembers 2018 On Friday 9th November, Penrice Academy students and staff marked Remembrance Day 2018. This year students worked with Oasis Inspire on their Remembrance for Peace project. The project sees an estimated 20,000 plus children around the country reflecting on and discussing peace. Aimee Stevens, Teacher at Penrice who worked closely with Oasis, said: “Remembrance Day… Read more »
05.11.2018 Penrice Remembers: ‘6190’ Last term for Penrice Plus, Mr Carter’s Art group wanted to create their own response to the centenary of the end of the First World War. Mr Carter explains: “Looking at larger scale projects such as ‘The Shrouds of the Somme’ and ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ at the Tower of London, we aimed to… Read more »