Looe Community Academy
Sunrising, East Looe, Looe, PL13 1NQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOUTH EAST CORNWALL MULTI ACADEMY REGIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Boyes
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- South East Cornwall Multi Academy Regional Trust
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 610
- Pupils on roll
- 513
- URN
- 137839
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01503262625
About this school
Looe Community Academy is a secondary academy in Looe. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 513 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 102 | 97 | 111 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.2 | 37.2 | 39.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.38 -0.67 to -0.10 | -0.75 -1.03 to -0.47 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 25.8% | 24.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 50.5% | 49.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 37% | 20.6% | 20.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
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 Looe Community Academy 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 | 41.2 | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.2 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39 | 41.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 513 |
| 2023/24 | 537 |
| 2024/25 | 524 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Looe Community Academy compares
Looe Community Academy ranked 30th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39 | 13.4% | 27.7% | 513 | — |
| Liskeard School and Community College | 42.8 | 9.5% | 26.4% | 1,115 | 6.5 miles |
| Fowey River Academy | 39.7 | 8.8% | 31.6% | 676 | 8.8 miles |
| Saltash Community School | 42.9 | 9.6% | 28.2% | 1,139 | 10.4 miles |
| Callington Community College | 44 | 9.5% | 25.4% | 887 | 11.5 miles |
| Looe Primary Academy | — | 7.3% | 33.6% | 238 | 0.4 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.67%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 13.38%
- Persistent absence
- 44.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Liskeard School and Community College6.5 miles
Secondary · Liskeard
-
Fowey River Academy8.8 miles
Secondary · Fowey
-
Saltash Community School10.4 miles
Secondary · Saltash
-
Callington Community College11.5 miles
Secondary · Callington
-
Looe Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Looe
Other schools in Looe
- Looe Primary Academy Primary
- Polperro Primary Academy Primary
- Trenode CofE VA Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Looe Community Academy teach?
- Looe Community Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Looe.
- Who is the headteacher of Looe Community Academy?
- The headteacher of Looe Community Academy is Mr Paul Boyes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Looe Community Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Looe Community Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Looe Community Academy?
- Looe Community Academy has 513 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Looe Community Academy full?
- Looe Community Academy has capacity for 610 pupils and 513 on roll (84%), 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 Looe Community Academy a faith school?
- No. Looe Community Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Looe Community Academy a selective school?
- No. Looe Community Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Looe Community Academy?
- Looe Community Academy 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.
- How have Looe Community Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.2 in 2022/23 and 39 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Looe Community Academy rank locally?
- Looe Community Academy ranked 30th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Looe Community Academy's absence rate?
- Looe Community Academy's overall absence rate is 13.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Looe Community Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Looe Community Academy'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.