A compact port and market town of around 15,000 in the shelter of Mount's Bay, Penzance sits at the furthest southwestern reach of mainland England, with Cornwall's granite interior rising to the north. Granted a market charter in 1404, the town grew around Chapel Street's Georgian and Regency terraces, the Egyptian House, and the sub-tropical Morrab Gardens. Mousehole and St Just anchor the Penwith coast.
Heamoor, on the town's northern edge, is among the most sought-after pockets for school catchments, and New Mill draws families looking for quieter residential settings within the parish. Penzance railway station, the southernmost and westernmost in England, reaches Plymouth in around two hours along the Cornish Main Line.
Area Performance
Across 22 primary and secondary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.86/10, -0.50 vs England.
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Distribution across all Penzance schools
Penzance vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Penzance schools
top 53% of 14,978
top 53% of 14,978
top 80% of 3,680
top 80% of 3,680
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