Secondary
Launceston College
Hurdon Road, Launceston, PL15 9JR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1205 of 1400 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- ATHENA LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 127.7
- Pupils per adult
- 10.5
- Pupils
- 1,337
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2020
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
55%
48.0
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.36 |
| Entered the EBacc | 44% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| A level average points per entry | 41.29 |
| A level students | 41 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.4 |
| 22/23 | 33.0 |
| 23/24 | 39.2 |
| 24/25 | 41.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.34 |
| 22/23 | -0.10 |
| 23/24 | +0.22 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.2 |
| 22/23 | 45.1 |
| 23/24 | 46.0 |
| 24/25 | 48.0 |
Hurdon Road, Launceston, PL15 9JR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cornwall admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Mr Matthew Thompson
- Address
- Hurdon Road, Launceston, PL15 9JR
- Telephone
- 01566772468