Falmouth School
Academy in Falmouth, Cornwall, England
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Falmouth School (formerly Trescobeas County Secondary School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Falmouth in the county of Cornwall.[1]
| Falmouth School | |
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| Location | |
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Trescobeas Road , , TR11 4LH | |
| Coordinates | 50.1581°N 5.09554°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Achieving Continuing Excellence |
| Established | 1899 |
Local authority | Cornwall Council |
| 137223 Tables | |
| Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Joanne Guest |
| Staff | 100 (approx.) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Capacity | 1,289 (100 in 6th form college) |
| Houses | Smithwick, Boscawen, Trelawney, Melvill |
| Colour | Blue |
| Website | https://www.falmouthschool.net/web/home/633695 |
Previously a community school administered by Cornwall Council, Falmouth School converted to academy status on 1 August 2011.[2] However the school continues to coordinate with Cornwall Council for admissions. The school also has plans to sell its playing fields to buy the former Budock Hospital site and turn it into a sports centre for use by the school and local community.[3]
Falmouth School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels, OCR Nationals, NVQs and further BTECs.[4]
In 2019, the school received a rating of "Inadequate" in an Ofsted inspection amid off-rolling concerns.[5] A subsequent inspection in 2023 changed the rating to "Requires Improvement", following this from an inspection in May 2025 the school achieved the ranking "good" in all areas.[6]
Notable former pupils
- Mike Barnett, Australian politician
- Matthew Etherington, footballer
- Sarah Newton, politician
- Oliver Parker, film director
- Charlotte Watts, mathematician, epidemiologist and academic[7]
