Penrice Community College

Penrice Community College

Infobox UK school
name = Penrice Community College


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head = Mr David Parker
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specialist = Language College
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street = Charlestown Road
city = St Austell
county = Cornwall
country = England
postcode = PL25 3NR
LEA = Cornwall
ofsted = 112051
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enrollment = 1350
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
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Penrice Community College is an age 11-16 state school and specialist Language College in St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Almost 1300 pupils attend.

Languages taught include French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese and some Cornish. It is also an International School having received a Gold International School Award from the British Council in November 2006.

The college has a teacher training programme and has achieved Training School status. It has been awarded second specialist status in Vocational Education and is collaborating with other local schools and colleges on vocational courses. The headteacher is David Parker, who took over fully in September 2006.

The uniform was changed in September 2006 by the students filling out a form in PSHE lessons in June 2006. The old uniform was blue, black and white, the new one is now only black and white.

Notable alumni

*Andrew Passmore, scientist
*Nigel Martyn, footballer


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