Saltash Community School
Wearde Road, Saltash, PL12 4AY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOUTH EAST CORNWALL MULTI ACADEMY REGIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sara Del Gaudio
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- South East Cornwall Multi Academy Regional Trust
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,372
- Pupils on roll
- 1,139
- URN
- 136575
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01752843715
About this school
Saltash Community School is a secondary academy in Saltash. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,139 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Saltash Community School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 201 | 195 | 191 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.4 | 45.4 | 42.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.45 -0.65 to -0.25 | -0.30 -0.50 to -0.10 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 41.5% | 39.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 62.6% | 59.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 23% | 13.3% | 20.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Saltash Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cornwall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.4 | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.4 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.9 | 41.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,208 |
| 2023/24 | 1,202 |
| 2024/25 | 1,149 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Saltash Community School compares
Saltash Community School ranked 21st of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.9 | 9.6% | 28.2% | 1,139 | — |
| Torpoint Community College | 41 | 10.8% | 25.3% | 668 | 1.9 miles |
| Marine Academy Plymouth | 43.6 | 11.1% | 44.9% | 989 | 2.0 miles |
| UTC Plymouth | 36.4 | 15% | 43.6% | 594 | 2.6 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Academy | 41.4 | 14.1% | 49.1% | 668 | 2.8 miles |
| Scott Medical and Healthcare College | 43.5 | 13.2% | 30.1% | 231 | 3.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.21%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 9.63%
- Persistent absence
- 27.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Torpoint Community College1.9 miles
Secondary · Torpoint
-
Marine Academy Plymouth2.0 miles
Secondary · Plymouth
-
UTC Plymouth2.6 miles
Secondary · Plymouth
-
All Saints Church of England Academy2.8 miles
Secondary · Plymouth
-
Scott Medical and Healthcare College3.1 miles
Secondary · Plymouth
Other schools in Saltash
- Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy Primary
- Burraton Community Primary School Primary
- Landulph School Primary
- Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Germans Primary School Primary
- St Mellion Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Saltash Community School teach?
- Saltash Community School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Saltash.
- Who is the headteacher of Saltash Community School?
- The headteacher of Saltash Community School is Mrs Sara Del Gaudio, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Saltash Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Saltash Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Saltash Community School?
- Saltash Community School has 1,139 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Saltash Community School full?
- Saltash Community School has capacity for 1,372 pupils and 1,139 on roll (83%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Saltash Community School a faith school?
- No. Saltash Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Saltash Community School a selective school?
- No. Saltash Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Saltash Community School part of an academy trust?
- Saltash Community School is part of SOUTH EAST CORNWALL MULTI ACADEMY REGIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Saltash Community School have?
- The schools register lists Saltash Community School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Saltash Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.4 in 2022/23 and 42.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Saltash Community School compare with other schools in Cornwall?
- Saltash Community School ranked 21st of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Saltash Community School's absence rate?
- Saltash Community School's overall absence rate is 9.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Saltash Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Saltash Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.