13.05.2025 Young Author Celebrates National Competition Triumph A talented Year 10 student at Penrice Academy has been selected as one of just five national winners in the prestigious National Young Writers’ ‘Fight or Flight’ Competition. Competing against over 16,000 national submissions, Edie’s entry, titled Fate’s Chaos, captivated the judges with its originality, emotional depth and vivid storytelling. Edie captured the judges’ imagination… Read more »
02.05.2025 Penrice Celebrates Double County Football Triumph Penrice Academy is proudly celebrating a remarkable double victory after both its Year 10 and Year 7 boys’ football teams were crowned County Champions this week. The winning streak began on Monday evening when the Year 10 Boys’ Team retained their County Cup title with a dominant performance against Truro School. In a thrilling match,… Read more »
29.04.2025 Major Roadworks in St Austell We would like to make the Penrice community aware of major resurfacing work to improve road safety is taking place on the A391 in St Austell during May. Diversions will be set up while the North East Distributor road is shut from May 6 to 30 for the essential works to be carried out. We… Read more »
27.02.2025 Penrice Production – Rock of Ages ROCK OF AGES: TEEN EDITION, Book by Chris D’Arienzo, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Ethan Popp Get Ready to Rock! Join us for a memorable spectacle as the curtain rises on our highly anticipated 2025 school production of Rock of Ages (Teen Edition)! Full of classic songs like ‘We Built This City’ and ‘The Final Countdown’,… Read more »
13.02.2025 Year 11 Attend Poetry Live in Bristol It was a memorable visit to Poetry Live in Bristol on Wednesday 12th February. After an early start with the coach departing before sunrise, students reached Bristol in good time. They had an amazing day listening to famous poets discussing their work and reading their poems live on stage. Performing poets included Simon Armitage, John… Read more »
10.02.2025 The Penrice Community Gather at Parkrun Saturday 8th February was a day filled with energy and camaraderie as Penrice students and families gathered for a memorable community parkrun at Eden Project. With the crisp February air providing the perfect setting for a morning of fitness and fun, participants of all ages came together to take part in the 5k run. The… Read more »
04.02.2025 Midwifery Experience for Year 11 Child Development Students Thank you to our local community midwives for visiting Penrice to deliver an interactive session for our Year 11 Child Development students. Debbie and Becky covered the role of the midwife during the antenatal period, during labour and birth, and then the postnatal period. Students were fully engaged in their roles as Student Midwives for… Read more »
03.02.2025 Story Republic Visit Penrice A big thank you to Story Republic who visited Penrice on Friday to share with our students the colourful joy of storytelling. With a range of stories, poems and songs, Story Republic ignited Year 7 imaginations in assembly before surprising our Year 9 and 10 students in lessons with short classroom visits. There was also… Read more »
29.01.2025 Sponsored Read Raises Over £600 for Local Children’s Hospice Students from Penrice Academy were warmly greeted by staff and families at Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) last week as they delivered a collection of brand new children’s books worth £640. The funds were raised before Christmas when students gathered in the Penrice Library for a meaningful sponsored 2-hour read to support the local hospice…. Read more »
17.01.2025 Careers Education is thriving at Penrice We are delighted to share that we have reached 100% of our Gatsby benchmarks. These benchmarks are the national standards for careers education and curriculum which are: 1. A stable careers programme 2. Learning from career and labour market information 3. Addressing the needs of each pupil 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers 5. Encounters… Read more »