Redruth School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Cornwall
Tolgus Vean, Redruth, TR15 1TA
65
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
90%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.1%
23.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,433
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
1,500 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
90%
1st preference success rate
289 of 321 families who put it first got an offer
293
Places offered
601
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 321 | 289 | ● 90% |
| 2nd preference | 212 | 4 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 68 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 601 | 293 | 49% |
1st preference success by year
Cornwall lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Craig Bonds
- Address
- Tolgus Vean, Redruth, TR15 1TA
- Phone
- 01209203700
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Ward / constituency
- Redruth North · Camborne and Redruth
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 112054
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 30% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 20% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: The Redruth Learning Group Trust
1,433 pupils · 1,500 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
06 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,496 pupils
Attendance
91.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.17 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 43% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 42% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 20.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 269 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 267 | 15% | 50% | 73% | |
| English Language | 267 | 14% | 49% | 72% | |
| English Literature | 265 | 12% | 53% | 74% | |
| Combined Science | 251 | 11% | 47% | 66% | |
| History | 123 | 25% | 55% | 66% | |
| Geography | 118 | 14% | 48% | 64% | |
| Art and Design | 68 | 26% | 72% | 88% | |
| Spanish | 39 | 33% | 77% | 87% | |
| Design & Technology | 29 | 10% | 45% | 59% | |
| French | 26 | 38% | 96% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 24 | 17% | 58% | 67% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 20 | 25% | 70% | 80% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Cornwall council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.