15.09.2022 Penrice Becomes the First School in Cornwall to Join National Mandarin Excellence Programme Penrice Academy has this week announced that students in Year 7 will be offered the chance to study Mandarin Chinese on a flagship language programme. The St. Austell-based academy becomes the first and only school in Cornwall to join the Department for Education’s Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) – an intensive curriculum offering in which settings… Read more »
24.08.2022 GCSE Results 2022 Penrice Academy’s Exceptional Results Buck the National Trend The Class of 2022 at Penrice Academy celebrated their results for GCSEs and Level 1 and Level 2 vocational and technical qualifications earlier today (Thursday 25 August 2022). National GCSE results this year have been calculated to bring grades back towards 2019 levels, resulting in a national… Read more »
15.07.2022 Curriculum Enrichment Week 2022 – Blog Final Updates Isles of Scilly – Final Two Days Report written by Mr Banfield: Friday brought us outstanding weather for the last group to go to Penninis Head to try coasteering, it was quite a sight to see our students taking the plunge (literally) and overcoming their fears to jump off the rocks. Whilst… Read more »
13.07.2022 Team Porthpean Win Sports Day 2022 A great effort by our pupils yesterday who gave it their all on Sports Day! Congratulations to Team Porthpean on romping to victory by a clear margin! There were an enormous range of activities on offer ranging from traditional track and field events to more obscure Sports Day activities such as Archery, BMX Riding, French… Read more »
04.07.2022 Introducing our New Head Students We are delighted to introduce our new Head Students: Thalia and Alfie! All of the prefects who were interviewed for positions / roles over the last two weeks did themselves proud and we wish them all the best in their new Senior Prefect roles.
23.06.2022 Students Enjoy Three Days of Enrichment Activities This week saw Years 7, 8 and 9 take part in three action-packed Enrichment Days here at Penrice. The purpose of Penrice Enrichment Days is to teach and develop new skills in our students that they might otherwise not get to learn in traditional classroom lessons. This is all part of our mission to keep… Read more »
17.06.2022 Henry Orchard & Sons donate £10,000 to fund purchase of defibrillators in local schools For any parent, hearing that your 11-year-old child has collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest is the stuff of nightmares. That nightmarish scenario became a reality for Donna and Kevin Richards in December 2021 when their son, Finlay, collapsed at Penrice Academy due to a previously undiagnosed heart condition. Fortunately, this story has a happy… Read more »
26.05.2022 Year 10 Enter Phase II of Senior Prefect Selection at Carlyon Bay Beach A select group of aspiring Year 10 prefects headed to Carlyon Bay Beach on Thursday 26 May for an outdoor challenge day as part of their senior prefect application process. The day, which will contribute towards the decision-making process for Head Boy and Head Girl (in June), saw our Year 10s enjoy a wide range… Read more »
16.05.2022 Boys’ Athletics Teams Clinch County Title News coming in from the PE Department where both of our Boys’ Athletics teams were victorious against 17 other Cornish schools as they lifted the County Cup last week! As a result of both teams winning, we will be taking them to compete against the other county champions from across the southwest at Millfield School… Read more »
10.05.2022 Students Complete Ten Tors Challenge 2022 Huge congratulations to all 3 of our Ten Tors teams who successfully completed the 35-mile challenge this weekend! Our determined students began training for the expedition at the start of the academic year and all of their hard work paid off as they navigated Dartmoor under the energy-sapping sunshine. Ms Penrose, Ten Tors Leader at… Read more »