Falmouth School has been named as the top performing school in Cornwall, according to The Times newspaper.

In the newly published figures for A levels, Falmouth School appears as the top non-fee paying school or college in Cornwall for high grades in academic A levels.

The category “Achieving AAB or higher in at least two facilitating subjects” refers to A levels which are those commonly needed for entry to leading universities (DfE definition).

This news reflects the hard work of students, staff, parents and carers.

Alex George, Head of School, said: "We believe that our focus on high standards is intrinsic to students achieving their potential. "We continue to have high aspirations for our students and we continue to insist on high standards in every area of school life. Our students and families deserve no less than this from us.

“The outcome is that our students are well prepared for life beyond school whatever that may be. Naturally we are incredibly proud of Sam Holland for his offer of a place at Cambridge to read Natural Sciences, and the higher than average number of students that were given places at Russell Group universities last year.”

Added to the superb results in Key Stage 4, where students had the best performance in the county across eight qualifications (Attainment 8) and were in the top four schools for all of the other Government outcome measures, these measures clearly demonstrate how well Falmouth School students are achieving, following on from excellent results in the past few years.

The publication of these results comes at a time when many students are considering the choices that are available to them in their education, with Falmouth College Open Evening on January 31 for post-16 courses and Falmouth School’s recent Year 8 options evening.