Falmouth and Penryn's secondary schools rank as some of the best in the county according to government data released this month.

Falmouth School topped the list when ranked by its Attainment Eight score, which measures students' performance in eight key subjects, whilst Penryn College came in at sixth place.

Mullion School was ranked seventh place, and Helston Community College scored twelfth out of the 39 secondary schools in Cornwall. 

Ranked by their Progress Eight scores – measuring students' progress between the end of key stage two and the end of key stage four – Penryn College came in second whilst Falmouth School ranked fourth.

Mullion School was the eighth best secondary school in Cornwall according to progress made, and Helston Community College ranked twelfth. 

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Alex George, Falmouth's head of school, said: "It is particularly pleasing to see such outstanding outcomes across all of the measures, as in previous years.

"This recognises the work and outcomes of all students across a range of subjects and proves once again what amazing outcomes the hard working and committed students and staff at Falmouth can achieve, with support from their families.

"These outcomes give the children of Falmouth the very best start to the next phase of their learning and working lives and we are ever so proud of them."

Paul Walker, Head Teacher at Penryn College, said: "We're really pleased with the progress of our students, and especially proud of our year 11 students.

"We have got a really broad range of kids. They worked hard, and the parents worked hard, and the staff worked hard.

"The fact that we are doing so well as a school is down to their hard work."