Penwith Alternative Provision Academy
State-Funded School
Not published
No overall grade
About the School
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 3–16, located in Cornwall, South West.
It currently serves 44 pupils. Penwith Alternative Provision Academy is part of WAVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Quality ofeducation
Good
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Good
Academic Performance
No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
57%Boys
43%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- PRU
- Age range
- 3 – 16
- Deprivation band
- Average
- Total pupils
- 44
- IDACI quintile
- 3 (Average)
- MAT name
- WAVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Inspection history
3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan 2025 | Good | Good | Good | Good | Not judged |
| 4 Dec 2022 | Inadequate | Inadequate | Inadequate | Inadequate | Inadequate |
| 8 Jun 2015 | Outstanding | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Outstanding |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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Nearby Pupil Referral Units
Other pupil referral units within about 23 miles of Cornwall.
