Truro High School
Other independent school · Girls · Cornwall
Falmouth Road, Truro, TR1 2HU
66
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
368
Capacity used
Has space78%
471 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Anglican
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Nicola Dudley
- Address
- Falmouth Road, Truro, TR1 2HU
- Phone
- 01872272830
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Ward / constituency
- Truro Boscawen & Redannick · Truro and Falmouth
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 112077
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
368 pupils · 471 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.01 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.23 | — | — |
Average grade: B (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 56 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 38.61 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 27.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 11 | — |
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 | 54 | 41% | 76% | 89% | |
| English Literature | 52 | 27% | 83% | 94% | |
| Religious Studies | 39 | 41% | 87% | 92% | |
| Biology | 32 | 38% | 94% | 97% | |
| Geography | 32 | 47% | 78% | 88% | |
| Physics | 31 | 48% | 90% | 97% | |
| Business | 29 | 24% | 72% | 86% | |
| Chemistry | 29 | 34% | 76% | 97% | |
| Art and Design | 28 | 57% | 100% | 100% | |
| Combined Science | 22 | 5% | 41% | 82% | |
| French | 19 | 58% | 79% | 95% | |
| Spanish | 19 | 42% | 84% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 7 | 0% | 14% | 29% | |
| Mathematics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Psychology | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business Studies | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Logic / Philosophy | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Latin | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Music | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 10332: Truro High School for Girls
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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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.