Newquay's schools, which one is best?

"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00131A">There are two Secondary schools in the

town Treviglas College and Tretherras School that are both very good schools

not only academically but also in terms of the many sporting opportunities that

they offer their pupils. 

Treviglas

College are celebrating after achieving another massive leap in GCSE

results.

Once again the College has hugely exceeded the national average for the

percentage of students gaining at least five top A*-C grades in any subject and

has also exceeded the national benchmark figure for students achieving 5+ A*-C

grades, including English and Maths.  Treviglas

celebrated mightily last year when it topped the county table with an

outstanding 83% but this has been yet another outstanding year for Treviglas

and the class of 2009 has leapt ahead to gain a record high of 94% 5+ A*-C

grades. The national average for 2008 was just 65.3%.  The proportion of Treviglas students

achieving five A*-Cs, including English and Maths, also rose this year. In

2008, Treviglas smashed the national average figure of 47.6 per cent and this

year the number of students gaining that all-important benchmark has risen

again.  

Ofsted paid tribute to the hugely

diverse and imaginative curriculum at Treviglas which leads to excellent

outcomes for all. Inpsectors also made special mention of the ‘outstanding’

leadership and management of the college as a whole and the concentration on

personal tutoring and mentoring, allowing all students to succeed.  Treviglas College is the only 11-18 secondary

school in Cornwall to have been graded ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. Treviglas

is also a highly successful Business & Enterprise Specialist College – the

first in Cornwall and now the Hub leader for the Specialist Schools and

Academies Trust in the South West.

Tretherras

School became a specialist technology college in 1997 and holds a variety

of awards including sportsmark, Investors in people, Investor in careers, and

Investors in work relates and enterprise learning.  The school also gained Foundation Status in

2009 after a unanimous vote by the School governors.  They have a fantastic record of Exam results

and also a huge range of extra curricular activities with numerous educational

and sporting clubs offering the pupils a huge range of opportunities to either

try to new things or to progress in their chosen fields.

There are

a total of 7 primary schools within the Newquay area, they are St

Columb Minor School, Newquay

Junior School, Cubert

School, Mawgan-In

Pydar Community School, St

Newlyn East Primary School, Summercourt Community primary School and The Bishops

C of E School.  The good news for

parents is that they are all very good schools and are all in excellent

locations, for an overall comparison please click here

to go to the school league tables.

So we

have all seen the official results but do yours and your children’s experiences

at their schools match up with the grades? 

Are you happy with your child’s school? What do you think of the school

system especially when it comes to applying for the school of your choice?