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Ex-Penryn College Students: We Need You!
04 July 2025Please see a message below from our Careers team regarding an upcoming Careers event! Message from Careers Team Dear Penryn…

Efforts of Staff Praised by Cornwall Council
03 July 2025The hard work and dedication of our Careers and ARB teams in helping our students transition into further education/training has…

Award-Winning Author Visits Penryn College
01 July 2025Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize winner, Andy Mulligan, whose novel Trash was adapted into a hit film starring Martin Sheen, paid…

Fantastic Guest Lecture on Classical Civilisations
25 June 2025We were delighted to welcome Truro College’s Classical Civilisations lecturer, Stuart, into the school this week to deliver a taster…

Special Careers Talk with Local GP
22 June 2025We were delighted to welcome GP Dr Hyde to the school this month to provide our students with insight into…

Falmouth University Visit!
19 June 2025It was fantastic to have Falmouth University’s Sarah McCullough and Andy Aksu with us this week, who spoke to some…

DofE Students Recognised for Community Volunteering
18 June 2025Over the course of 12 months, 200 of our students worked in local charity shops, litter picked, worked with the…

Work Experience Week!
17 June 2025Our Year 10 students learnt lots of new skills and had a fantastic time on their work experience placements this…

Daisy Wins Regional Architecture Award
13 June 2025Massive congratulations to Year 11 pupil Daisy, who placed first in a regional architecture design competition as part of her…

Otto’s Literary Festival Award
10 June 2025A big well done to Year 8 student Otto, who came second in the Poetry section of this year’s Fowey…

Pupils Pitch Business Ideas to Special Guests
17 May 2025To mark the end of Year 9’s Enterprise rotation, four experts in business visited the school last week to form…

Engineers of the Future
27 April 2025A big well done to our Year 10 students who have completed their second term at Cornwall College, studying for…

Students Showcase Newly Learned Skills as Part of College Course
24 April 2025Big congratulations to our Year 10 pupils who have completed the second term of their Catering & Hospitality course at…

Pupils Take Part in Mock Court Trial
22 April 2025Back in February, a number of our Year 7, 8 and 10 students had the opportunity to participate in a…

Inspiring Careers Visit from Paramedic
01 April 2025We were delighted to welcome paramedic, Tony Albert, to Penryn College last month to speak to students about his role…

Penryn College Mock Trial Day
13 February 2025On Tuesday 25 February, one of the school’s rooms will be turned into a court room and, with the help…

Students Attend Workshop with Ask Apprenticeships
11 February 2025Our Year 11 students gained some very useful knowledge on applying for apprenticeships last week as part of a workshop…

An Insight into the Manufacturing Industry
10 February 202529 of our Year 9 students enjoyed a fantastic day of insight into the manufacturing industry last week when they…

National Apprenticeship Week
04 February 2025This year’s National Apprenticeship Week will take place from 10 – 16 February 2025! It aims to bring everyone together…

Helping Create an Inclusive & Accessible Future
02 February 2025Our Year 9 students enjoyed a day of creating ideas for a more inclusive and accessible future as part of this week’s…