Schools in Truro

About schools in Truro

Truro lists 38 schools, most of them primary schools. Its three secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

59%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 24 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

45.0

average Attainment 8 score, across the 6 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Truro Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools26

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Archbishop Benson CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Blackwater Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Bosvigo School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Chacewater Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Cusgarne Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Devoran School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Gerrans School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Goonhavern Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Grampound Road Village CofE School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Grampound-With-Creed CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Kea Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Kennall Vale School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Ladock C of E School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Mount Hawke Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Perran-Ar-Worthal Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Probus Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Shortlanesend School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St Erme with Trispen Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• St Mary's CofE School, Truro

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  33%

  expected standard
• St Mawes Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Stithians Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Threemilestone School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Tregolls Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Tregony Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Truro Learning Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Veryan CofE School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

Secondary schools3

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Penair School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  49.1

  Attainment 8
• Richard Lander School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  51.0

  Attainment 8
• The Roseland Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  48.3

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Truro and Penwith College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision4

• Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 4 to 16

• Oak Tree School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 18

• Pencalenick School

  Academy special converter · Ages 3 to 16

• Three Bridges

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 19

Independent schools3

• Polwhele House School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 17

• Truro High School

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 18 · Girls

• Truro School Preparatory School

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 11

Common questions about schools in Truro

How many schools does Truro have?

OfferDay lists 38 schools in Truro, including 26 primary schools and four special and alternative provision schools.

Who inspects schools in Truro?

Every school in Truro is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Truro ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Truro where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.