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Year 8 Careers Fortnight – WorldSkills Champions
06 June 2017Three WorldSkills Champions visited Penryn College as part of the Year 8 Careers Fortnight. WorldSkills UK helps young people go…

Year 8 Careers Fortnight – Chemistry at Work 2017
05 June 2017Before half term, Penryn College hosted a Chemistry at Work event as part of our year 8 careers fortnight. The event is one…

A look back on Literacy this month
23 May 2017As the term comes to a close, we’re looking back on another fantastic few months at Penryn College. May in particular has…

Celebrating our students: The latest Achievements Ceremony
22 May 2017Penryn College held its latest Achievements Evening last Thursday to celebrate the successes of pupils over the spring term. Certificates…

Penryn College Champions claim historic County Treble!
16 May 2017Penryn College have crowned their most successful football season in history by being the first ever school to concurrently hold…

Year 7s win award for stop-motion film.
12 May 2017Last month a group of year 7 students from Penryn College’s animation club entered the ROUGHCUT 51 Second Film…

Our Tremendous Ten Tors teams!
12 May 2017Ten Penryn College students took on the Ten Tors challenge over the first weekend of May. The legendary event is…

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…