Penair School Explained

Penair School
Coordinates:50.2675°N -5.0308°W
Motto:Disce Ut Vivas : Learn [in order] to live
Established:1980
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:James Davidson
Address:St Clement's Hill
Country:England
Postcode:TR1 1TN
Ofsted:yes
Urn:136567
Enrolment:>1000
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Houses:Sennen, Gylingvase, Crantock, Fistral (used for sporting events and competitions, but little else)
Colours:Blue (house colours in order: green, yellow, red, blue)

Penair School is a secondary academy school in Truro, Cornwall, England, for children aged 11 to 16. It is named after Penair House, a mansion built in the late 18th century by Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds. It is currently graded as ‘good’ by government inspectors Ofsted,[1] with the last inspection at the time of writing having taken place on 17 May 2017.

The school is situated at the top of St Clement's Hill, and has several playing fields as well as other facilities such as a fitness suite and an AstroTurf pitch. James Davidson became Penair's Headteacher in September 2015 with Robert Sharpe and Meloney Eastburn-Cutts both being Deputy Heads.[2]

Notable former pupils

Notes and References

  1. http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/index.php?q=filedownloading/&id=2685155&type=1&refer=0 Ofsted Inspection Report 2017
  2. Web site: Penair School - Staff List. 15 March 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20140315114815/http://www.penair.cornwall.sch.uk/wordpress/staff-list/. 15 March 2014. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid . Telegraph . 2013-01-11.
  4. Web site: Wildman . Rob . Voyce confident of making a big noise . Telegraph . 2001-05-10 . 2013-01-11.