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This half term’s achievers!
02 May 2017The latest Penryn College half term achievement ceremony was held last Thursday. Parents were invited to join staff in celebrating…

Penryn College Year 10’s Crowned County Champions…. Again!
25 April 2017They say it takes true champions to retain a trophy they already hold and Penryn’s Year 10’s did exactly that…

Animation club enter competition
24 April 2017Students from Penryn College’s animation club have entered the ROUGHCUT 51 Second Film Challenge with their film Hey Fruit! The…

Rugby match with a difference! Students vs Staff
21 April 2017On Friday 24th March students were treated to a very unique game of rugby as their last experience of the…

Sports round up – Staff special
03 April 2017Football – Boys It’s been a good fortnight for boys football with the year 7 performance squad winning 5 –…

Netball teams are tournament champions!
31 March 2017It’s been an outstanding few weeks for Netball here at Penryn College, with three teams becoming tournament champions on separate occasions! March…

Our Sports & Activities Programme is back! Come and have an EdVenture!
24 March 2017EdVenture, the Penryn College Sports and Activities programme, is returning this Easter! This follows our successful half-term event which was a brilliant success! It was great…

Sports round up – Celebrating the sporting achievements of our students!
20 March 2017Committed Year 7s become Netball County Champions We have to start this sports round-up by saying a huge congratulations to…

A week of awards and achievements
14 March 2017It’s been an extremely busy few weeks at the college, but we couldn’t wait any longer to share news of…

A Truly Cornish Celebration!
08 March 2017Penryn College History leaders ran a Cornish themed week last week in recognition of St Piran’s Day. They gave assemblies…

Our latest Ofsted report: inspectors delighted with progress, safeguarding and pupil involvement
07 March 2017They came, they saw, they were impressed We were visited by Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools on 9th February 2017.…

GCSE students take a trip to Germany
28 February 201725 year 11s and 5 year 10 GCSE history students took a trip to Germany this month where they visited…

Year 11s receive invaluable Alumni advice.
20 February 20175 alumni returned to Penryn College to share advice and experience with current students, during an event organised by Future First and Penryn…

Young Carers create inspiration on awareness day
30 January 2017Young Carer Awareness Day is a yearly event which recognises 700,000 incredible young carers. While showing support for these amazing…

Sports round-up – Penryn College are County Champions!
27 January 2017Hockey Our under 16s had a fantastic match, winning 5 – 1 against Mullion. Congratulations to the team: G Honey,…

Penryn College ranks first in Cornwall for high ability students
20 January 2017In two significant progress measures announced in this week’s school league tables, Penryn College’s more able students outperformed all other…

One step closer to the National Final – Jake Ash reports
17 January 2017Penryn College’s Year 11s moved one step closer to a dream National Final after overcoming Torquay Boys Grammar School in…

Celebrating Penryn College Pupils’ Achievements
13 January 2017Penryn College held the second Achievements Celebration of the academic year this week, which recognises the students who have been taking the…

A few things you didn’t know about Mr Paul Walker, Headteacher!
09 January 2017Mr Walker has worked at Penryn College for 14 years and is a very familiar face to lots of parents.…

Communication at Penryn College
06 January 2017There’s never been so many ways to stay up to date with our school. Last term Penryn College took…