Torpoint Community College, Torpoint

In 2026, pupils at Torpoint Community College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.7 in Cornwall and 47 across England.

30% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 42% in Cornwall and 47% in England.

That is down from 41 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.47: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 32.2, against 41.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 107 families put Torpoint Community College as their first choice and 135 named it as one of their preferences, for 111 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Torpoint Community College are UTC Plymouth (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.5); Saltash Community School (1.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.6); Devonport High School for Boys (2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 65.1); and Stoke Damerel Community College (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.3).

Torpoint Community College's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Torpoint Community College is run by its own single-school academy trust.

31 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Torpoint Community College (as of September 2025): 29% would recommend the school, 32% say their child is happy there and 11% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (48%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (11%).

Of the 136 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 24 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 29% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 33% into work.

3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 52 pupils (7.8%) received SEN support and 25 (3.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Dockyard (Plymouth) Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (ne-bound), 20 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 60 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cornwall (14), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Torpoint Community College issued 222 suspensions, 30 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Torpoint Community College are Carbeile Junior School (0.1 miles), Torpoint Nursery and Infant School (0.3 miles), Marlborough Primary Academy (1.1 miles) and Morice Town Primary Academy (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.