General News

Penryn College Announces Continued Partnership with the Cornish Pirates
07 November 2023Penryn College is delighted to officially announce its continued training and mentorship-based partnership with professional rugby club the Cornish Pirates.…

Year 2 Creativity Collaboratives Report Published
06 November 2023We are thrilled to share our Year 2 Report from the Penryn Partnership Creativity Collaboratives project. The report’s findings –…

Mrs Schouten’s Role as Headteacher
03 November 2023Please see below Mrs Schouten’s message to parents/carers regarding her role as Headteacher, as featured in this week’s newsletter. Dear…

Roofing Project Update: Students Continue to Learn New Skills
02 November 2023Check out the update on our Year 11 students’ roof structure project with RG Kellow Ltd and MKM Building Supplies!…

Weather Update
02 November 2023Due to extreme weather conditions and travel problems, lessons will not begin until 11.00am today. Students do not need to…

Students Shine in Rotary Young Chef Competition
01 November 2023Wednesday saw the first round of the Rotary Young Chef Competition take place at Penryn College, with local renowned chefs…

Weather Update
01 November 2023A message from our Headteacher, Mrs Schouten, to parents/carers regarding the weather forecast over the next 24 hours: Dear Parent/Carer(s)…

Children in Need Cake Sale
30 October 2023Our Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural (SMSC) Leaders will be running a cake sale to raise money for Children in Need…

Sports Round-Up (16-20 October)
24 October 2023Football U16 Girls’ Team v Truro High School (H) Last week saw our U16 Girls’ Football team progress to the…

Local Business Funds Lego League Entry
21 October 2023We are delighted to announce that Morwind, a local offshore wind and renewable power developer, has committed to fund the…

Noah’s County Swimming Success
20 October 2023A big well done to Year 9 student, Noah, who represented Cornwall in the National County Team Swimming Championships earlier…

Adult Support ‘SPACE’ Programme
19 October 2023Funded by Headstart Kernow, SPACE (Supporting Parents and Children Emotionally) is an educational programme aimed at adults to enable them…

Ten Tors Training Begins!
18 October 2023Last weekend saw our Ten Tors students perform fantastically well in their first training session of the year on Dartmoor!…

Students On Site After School
17 October 2023To help keep students safe, it is very important that if they are on site after school, they understand the…

Sports Round-Up (11 September – 15 October)
16 October 2023Our sports teams have enjoyed a huge number of fixtures so far this term, travelling to and hosting schools across…

Rowing Club Students Visit Stithians Lake
13 October 2023This term, we have 14 students signed up to our Rowing Club, run by our friends at Greenbank Falmouth Rowing…

Cornish Pirates Training Sessions
12 October 2023We’ve been very lucky to have Cornish Pirates players leading after-school training sessions with our students this term, passing on…

A Special Maritime Museum Visit!
11 October 2023This month saw our Year 7 students participate in a range of fantastic, sustainable future-themed activities at the National Maritime…

World Mental Health Day: Kooth & Qwell
10 October 2023Kooth (for young people) and Qwell (for adults) are free, safe, anonymous websites which offer free private counselling and mental health/wellbeing support. As part of this week’s…

World Mental Health Day 2023
10 October 2023Tuesday 10 October is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme was ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.…