Penair School

Penair School

Motto	Disce Ut Vivas : Learn [in order] to live
Established	1970s
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Mr James Davidson
Location	St Clement's Hill Truro Cornwall TR1 1TN England Coordinates: 50°16′03″N 5°01′51″W / 50.26753°N 5.03081°W
DfE URN	136567 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Staff	115
Students	1,151
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Houses	Levant, Crofty, Botallack, Geevor
Colours	Blue, Red, Green and Yellow
Website	www.penair.cornwall.sch.uk

Penair School is a secondary academy school in Truro, Cornwall, England, for children aged 11 to 16. It is named after Penair House, a mansion built in the late 18th century by Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds. It is currently reviewed as a school that requires improvement by government inspectors Ofsted.^[1] The school is situated at the top of St Clement's Hill, and has several playing fields as well as other facilities such as a fitness suite and an Astroturf pitch. Nicky Edmondson is the headteacher and Robert Sharpe is the deputy head.^[2] It has also been given specialist status, as a Science College, beginning in September 2004. On 1 April 2011, the school became an academy.

Notable former pupils

• Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, George Cross holder^[3]
• Tom Voyce, rugby union player, for London Welsh and England^[4]

References

1. Ofsted Inspection Report 2013
2. "Penair School - Staff List". Retrieved 15 March 2014.
3. "Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid". Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
4. Wildman, Rob (2001-05-10). "Voyce confident of making a big noise". Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-01-11.