Secondary
Sir James Smith's School
Dark Lane, Camelford, PL32 9UJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 588 of 696 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Trust
- WESTCOUNTRY SCHOOLS TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 52.9
- Pupils per adult
- 11.3
- Pupils
- 600
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 October 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
43%
42.7
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 19% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% |
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 | 36% |
| 22/23 | 29% |
| 23/24 | 31% |
| 24/25 | 43% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.34 |
| 22/23 | -0.47 |
| 23/24 | -0.43 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.7 |
| 22/23 | 37.5 |
| 23/24 | 38.8 |
| 24/25 | 42.7 |
Dark Lane, Camelford, PL32 9UJ
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
- Headteacher
- Marc Cooper
- Address
- Dark Lane, Camelford, PL32 9UJ
- Telephone
- 01840213274