Schools in Penzance
Penzance has 23 schools at the far southwest tip of Cornwall, including 18 primaries serving the town and surrounding villages such as Heamoor, Newlyn, Mousehole and St Levan. Cornwall Council co-ordinates admissions across the Penzance area using home-to-school distance as the oversubscription tiebreaker once priority groups have been allocated.
Geography plays a major role in school choice here - the peninsula landscape means families in outlying areas such as Land's End have fewer realistic options. The three secondary schools include Humphry Davy School in Penzance town; Cornwall publishes its full admissions guidance each October, including last-offered distance data for each school.
School demand in Penzance
Across the 23 schools in Penzance with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 86%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
2 schools in Penzance have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
17 of the schools in Penzance are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Cornwall, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
9 of the schools in Penzance have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Penzance: 2 oversubscribed (18)
Trythall Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Penzance · TR20 8XR
Heamoor Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Penzance · TR18 3JZ
St Levan Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Penzance · TR19 6HD
Germoe Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Penzance · TR20 9QY
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Penzance · TR18 4HP
St Buryan Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR19 6BB
St Hilary School
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR20 9DR
Ludgvan School
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR20 8EX
Pendeen School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Penzance · TR19 7SE
St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR18 2AT
Gulval School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Penzance · TR18 3BJ
Pensans Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR20 8UH
Alverton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR18 4QD
Newlyn School
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR18 5QA
St Just Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR19 7JU
Nancledra School
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR20 8NB
Mousehole School
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR19 6QQ
Sennen Community Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR19 7AW
Secondary Schools in Penzance (3)
Humphry Davy School
Secondary · Foundation school
Penzance · TR18 2TG
Mounts Bay Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Penzance · TR18 3JT
Cape Cornwall School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Penzance · TR19 7JX
Other Schools in Penzance (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Penzance are set by Cornwall and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.