Schools in Torpoint
Torpoint is a small town on the Rame Peninsula in Cornwall, separated from Plymouth by the River Tamar, with 7 schools in the catchment.school database. Torpoint Community College is the area's secondary school (1,141 places, 739 pupils enrolled) – notably undersubscribed, which reflects both the area's demographics and proximity to Plymouth schools across the Torpoint Ferry. Free school meals eligibility is high in community primaries: Fourlanesend at 29% and Carbeile Junior at 22.7%.
Three of the six primaries have a Church of England character: Millbrook CofE Primary, St Nicolas' CofE VA School in Downderry (Ofsted Good, 105 places), and Antony Church of England School (Ofsted Good). These apply diocesan faith criteria before distance tiebreakers. Cornwall Council coordinates all admissions for state schools in the Torpoint area; secondary applications close at the end of October with places offered in early March.
Primary schools in Torpoint: 1 oversubscribed (6)
Fourlanesend Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Torpoint · PL10 1LR
Torpoint Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Community school
Torpoint · PL11 2LU
Carbeile Junior School
Primary · Community school
Torpoint · PL11 2NH
Millbrook CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Torpoint · PL10 1BG
St Nicolas' CofE VA School, Downderry
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Torpoint · PL11 3LF
Antony Church of England School
Primary · Academy converter
Torpoint · PL11 3AD
Secondary Schools in Torpoint (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Torpoint 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.