| Truro and Penwith College | |
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| Information | |
| Type | Tertiary CollegeFurther Education College |
| Established | 2008[1] |
| Department for Education URN | 130629Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Martin Tucker |
| Associated with | Callywith College Stadium for Cornwall |
| Website | www |
Truro and Penwith College is afurther education college inCornwall, England.[2]
Truro College was founded in 1993 in Gloweth near Threemilestone,Truro,Cornwall, to replace the Truro Sixth Form College. Penwith College was founded in 1980 inPenzance, and was known until 1990 as Penwith Sixth Form College.[3] It then became atertiary college named Penwith College.[4] The decision to merge the two colleges was made in 2006, with the merger completed in 2008.[3][5][6]
It has assisted in the creation ofCallywith College, aFurther Education college inBodmin, which opened in September 2017.[7]
In 2004, a set oftriplets who were students at the college became the first complete set of triplets to obtain admission to theUniversity of Cambridge.[8][9]
The Rick Stein Academy was launched in 2015 as a partnership between theRick Stein Group and Truro and Penwith College.[10]
In June 2021, the college was one of the ten institutions that theUniversity and College Union opened ballots forindustrial action in over pay, working conditions andcompulsory redundancies.[11]
In 2022, a new building, called 'Valency', was opened on the Truro campus as part of the South West Institute of Technology.[12][13] In 2023,Rishi Sunak, thePrime Minister at the time, visited the new building as part of his visit to Cornwall.[14][15]
The college offers variousfurther andhigher education courses.[16]
The college offersPGCE,CertEd and Cornwall SCITT teacher training courses.[17] Cornwall SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training), is a partnership of 16 local secondary schools, one special school and Truro and Penwith College, offering postgraduate teacher training to the 11-16 age range, with post-16 enhancements.[17][18]
It was the first tertiary college to be awarded 'Outstanding' status, the highest designation byOfsted in 2006,[19][20] and the first to retain an Outstanding rating, in 2016.[21][22][23]
It has been recognised as the top non-selective provider of theInternational Baccalaureate Diploma in the UK,[24] the best provider of Hair and Beauty apprenticeships in the UK,[25] having the highest A Level points-per-student and value-added progress score in the UK,[26][27][28] and having its students get the highest marks in the country for several subjects.[29][30][31][32]
In the2019 Six NationsRugby Union game betweenEngland andIreland, four of the players on the pitch were graduates from the college's rugby academy:Luke Cowan-Dickie,Jack Nowell,Henry Slade, andBundee Aki.[33]
The Truro College Rugby Academy is anExeter Chiefs Academy team.[34]
The Academy team has played in theSanix Tournament against the other under-18s rugby teams from around the world.[35]
