Truro School celebrates over 500 top GCSEs (9–7)

We are delighted to be celebrating the success of our GCSE pupils today. This year’s results give our pupils choices for their futures.

Across 22 subjects, more than 500 top grades of 9-7 were achieved, more than twice the national average, including almost a third at 9 and 8.

These and all the outstanding results reflect the hard work, dedication, and determination shown by pupils and staff alike throughout their educational journeys.

Head of Truro School, Mr Andy Jonhson, said: “I am immensely proud of our GCSE pupils and all that they have achieved. Their academic successes are all the more impressive as they are obtained alongside so many other impressive achievements and so much personal growth. We are a School that actively champions and resources a breadth of opportunity that enables the children to thrive and discover their own excellence, inside and beyond the classroom.”

During their GCSE years, 105 pupils completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award and 60 went on to complete Silver also. Half the year group represented the School in sports fixtures across 11 different sports – with historic success for the U16 girls’ football team, who won the County Cup, and our U16 boys reaching their final too. The year group also contains individuals who have competed at national and World Championship level in their sports too.

The School is also a creative arts hub for our County. Pupils from this year group have blown audiences away with a full-scale musical production of Chicago, concerts at the Hall for Cornwall, on Festival stages, and more, and the senior choristers have been broadcast more than once live on BBC Radio 3.

Mr Johnson continued, “Our pupils come to Truro School to flourish as young people in an ambitious, caring and values-based environment that celebrates excellence in all its forms. Today we are especially proud of their academic successes, but we value them and all they achieve in every area of school life.”

Head of Year 11, Ms Johanna Egar, commented, “I am incredibly proud of everything this year group has achieved. They began their senior school journeys during the disruption of the Covid pandemic, and the resilience and determination they have shown since then makes today’s successes even more remarkable.”

We are thrilled by all their hard work and look forward to welcoming those here and those joining from other schools into our Sixth Form, where they will enjoy embracing fresh opportunities and exciting new challenges. For those choosing other pathways, you go with our blessing and thanks also.

We spoke to some of the pupils celebrating their GCSE results today, with many now looking ahead to the fresh challenges and opportunities that await them > read more here.

For anyone interested in finding out more about Truro School, please come to meet us at our Open Morning on Saturday, 4 October 2025 from 9.30am – 12.30pm. Find out more via truroschool.com/open-morning