Richard Lander School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Cornwall
Higher Besore Road, Truro, TR3 6LT
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
98%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.8%
23.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,561
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
1,523 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
98%
1st preference success rate
329 of 337 families who put it first got an offer
332
Places offered
593
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 337 | 329 | ● 98% |
| 2nd preference | 185 | 3 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 71 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 593 | 332 | 56% |
1st preference success by year
Cornwall lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). 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
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stephen Mulcahy
- Address
- Higher Besore Road, Truro, TR3 6LT
- Phone
- 01872273750
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Ward / constituency
- Threemilestone & Chacewater · Truro and Falmouth
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 112055
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 19% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,561 pupils · 1,523 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
04 October 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,559 pupils
Attendance
91.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.2%
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 | 47.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.07 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 67% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.05 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 55.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 71.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 36.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.43 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 280 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 274 | 31% | 66% | 77% | |
| Mathematics | 273 | 29% | 64% | 79% | |
| English Literature | 266 | 28% | 66% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 189 | 14% | 43% | 65% | |
| Geography | 148 | 30% | 55% | 69% | |
| Art and Design | 130 | 27% | 81% | 95% | |
| History | 95 | 28% | 56% | 77% | |
| Biology | 79 | 48% | 80% | 86% | |
| Physics | 76 | 53% | 83% | 89% | |
| Chemistry | 76 | 51% | 84% | 92% | |
| Spanish | 63 | 33% | 68% | 79% | |
| Computer Science | 51 | 29% | 47% | 53% |
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.