Penryn College is a mixed

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and

Sports College Sports Colleges are senior secondary schools which promote sports alongside secondary education. United Kingdom Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist schools programme, Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdo ...

in the Cornish town of Penryn, England, United Kingdom. It has 1,033 pupils in the age range of 11 to 16 years. The

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is Tamsin Schouten

History

Penryn College was established in 1957 in Falmouth and it moved to its present location in 1961. It attained Sports College status in 1998, the seventeenth school to do so.Penryn College: About
(accessed 30 April 2008)
(accessed 30 April 2008) A new £26 million building which was completed in September 2008, has replaced the original block. On 1 July 2011, Penryn College formally gained academy status. The latest Ofsted inspection (June 2022) saw the school retain its status as 'good', following it's 2 previous inspections in April 2012 and February 2017.

Notable alumni

* Luke Jephott (Footballer)

References

External links

School siteBBC: Education League Tables: Penryn College
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1957 Academies in Cornwall Secondary schools in Cornwall 1957 establishments in England Penryn, Cornwall