UK Schools
Falmouth School
Falmouth School is a mixed secondary academy in Falmouth, Cornwall Council, teaching 923 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in April 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Falmouth School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Falmouth School.
- 1 INSET Day (School closed to students)
- 2 School opens for Year 7 and Year 12 only
- 2–30 Autumn Term
- 3 School opens for all students
- 1–31 Autumn Term
- 24 INSET Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Break
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 1–19 Autumn Term
- 19 Early finish at 12:30 pm
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday (approx. two-week break)
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday (approx. two-week break)
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5–31 Spring Term
- 1–28 Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Break
- 23 INSET Day
- 1–31 Spring Term
- 1–2 Spring Term
- 3–17 Easter Holiday (approx. two-week break)
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20–30 Summer Term
- 1–31 Summer Term
- 4 Bank Holiday (Early May Bank Holiday)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Break
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term
- 1–17 Summer Term
- 17 Last day of Summer Term – 3pm finish
- 18–31 Summer Holiday (approx. six-week break)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (approx. six-week break)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day (School closed to students) 1 Sep 2025 Inset Day
- School opens for Year 7 and Year 12 only 2 Sep 2025 Event
- School opens for all students 3 Sep 2025 Event
- Autumn Term 2 Sep 2025 - 19 Dec 2025 Term
- INSET Day 24 Oct 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Break 27 Oct 2025 - 31 Oct 2025 Holiday
- Early finish at 12:30 pm 19 Dec 2025 Event
- Spring Term 5 Jan 2026 - 2 Apr 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Break 16 Feb 2026 - 20 Feb 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day 23 Feb 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Term 20 Apr 2026 - 17 Jul 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday (Early May Bank Holiday) 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Break 25 May 2026 - 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Summer Term – 3pm finish 17 Jul 2026 Term
- Christmas Holiday (approx. two-week break) 22 Dec 2025 - 4 Jan 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday (approx. two-week break) 3 Apr 2026 - 17 Apr 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (approx. six-week break) 18 Jul 2026 - 31 Aug 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day 1 Jan 2026 Event
- Good Friday 3 Apr 2026 Event
- Easter Monday 6 Apr 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday 31 Aug 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day 25 Dec 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day 26 Dec 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Falmouth School with Cornwall Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 48.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Cornwall Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 8.82 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Cornwall Council England
Attendance 28.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Cornwall Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Cornwall Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 70% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school Cornwall Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Falmouth School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Falmouth School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.