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The Five Islands Academy
Church Road, Old Town, St Mary's TR21 0NA
The Five Islands Academy is a non-selective, Church of England academy. It has about 260 boys and girls aged between 3 and 16. (See here for details of the primary school.) In October 2023 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. The present school opened in 2019.
This school is a member of Leading Edge Academies Partnership. (Other schools in this trust include Mounts Bay Academy and Fowey River Academy.)
Particular strengths include Progress, Attendance, Attainment and Admissions. Relative weaknesses include Finances and Destinations.
The school's overall score (out of 100) is given below. Coloured segments show the contributions of each indicator, explained in more detail below. Hover over the segments for details. Personalise the score by clicking on the button to set your own priorities.
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| Distance (miles) |
Score | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 31.3 | Cape Cornwall School | |
| 36.5 | Mounts Bay Academy | |
| 37.1 | Humphry Davy School | |
| 41.8 | St Ives School | |
| 44.1 | Hayle Academy | |
| 47.9 | Helston Community College | |
| 48.2 | Mullion School | |
| 48.8 | Camborne Science and International Academy | |
| 51.0 | Pool Academy | |
| 52.4 | Redruth School | |
| 55.7 | Penryn College | |
| 56.5 | Falmouth School |
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Progress: Excellent. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)
Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very low.
Attainment: Excellent. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)
Admissions: Above average. The occupancy rate is quite low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.
Environment: About average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very high, while crime is very low.
Destinations: Poor. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very low. Show details
Finances: Poor. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance
Representation: There is no representation information for this school. Show details
Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.
Disadvantaged pupils: There is no information for this school about disadvantaged pupils.
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Popular GCSE subjects
Proportions of pupils entering in 2023
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