The Roseland Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Truro, Cornwall·TR2 5SE
Composite score
60.4
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#1,152
National rank
#97
In South West
#7
In Cornwall
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
17%
EBacc average points score
4.10

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
120 first choices, 125 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
204
any preference, for 125 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0620221.0120231.0420240.9920250.962026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Roseland Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
662
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,198
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
129 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

The Roseland Academy at a glance

Located in Truro, Cornwall, The Roseland Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 662 pupils aged 11 to 16. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 48.3, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 0.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of secondary schools nationally.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 68% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The Roseland Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 120 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.0%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. The Roseland Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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