Penwith Alternative Provision Academy
Academy alternative provision converter school in Penzance (Cornwall).
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iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first11 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance, 0.1 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Catholic School, PenzanceAcademy converter | 0.1 mi | Primary | 139 | Ungraded inspection, Dec 2024Last graded Good (Oct 2018) |
| Humphry Davy SchoolFoundation | 0.2 mi | Secondary | 740 | Good, 2023 |
| Pensans Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 0.5 mi | Primary | 139 | Requires improvement, 2024 |
| Nancealverne SchoolAcademy special converter | 0.5 mi | Special | 138 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2025Last graded Good (Oct 2014, previous school) |
| Gulval SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 0.7 mi | Primary | 223 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2022Last graded Good (May 2017) |
| Mounts Bay AcademyAcademy converter | 0.8 mi | Secondary | 922 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 2 |
| Heamoor Community Primary SchoolFoundation | 0.8 mi | Primary | 201 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 1 area, Needs attention in 6 |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, PenzanceVoluntary aided | 0.9 mi | Primary | 141 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Jun 2012) |
| Alverton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.0 mi | Primary | 386 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Madron Daniel CofE (VA) SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.2 mi | Primary | 40 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; early years provision Requires improvement |
| Newlyn SchoolAcademy converter | 1.4 mi | Primary | 152 | Good, 2023 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 10% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 1 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 270
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