Penwith Alternative Provision Academy
Penbrea Road, Penzance, TR18 3NX
44 pupils · 81% of 54 capacity
- Type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Ages
- 3–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- WAVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Free school meals
- 70.5%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 January 2025, published 29 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
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Nearby alternatives
- Nancealverne School 0.8 km · Improved significantly (2025)
- The Cornwall Independent School 9.9 km · No Ofsted rating
- Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy 21.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Curnow School 25.4 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Cardrew Court School 26.2 km · No Ofsted rating
- Three Bridges 30.5 km · No Ofsted rating
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.