Established 1907 DfE number 908/4157 Ofsted Reports Number of students 803 Founded 1907 Gender Mixed-sex education | Headteacher Stephen Tong DfE URN 112052 Tables Phone +44 1726 874520 Color Navy blue | |
Location Trevarthian Road
St Austell
Cornwall
PL25 4BZ
England Address Trevarthian Rd, Saint Austell PL25 4BZ, UK Profiles | ||
Poltair school having a laugh
Poltair School is a state comprehensive school located on the site of the former St Austell Grammar School in St Austell, Cornwall, England.
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It has educational links with schools in Dithmarchen, Germany, notably the Gymnasium Heide-Ost. It has also had links with College Des Quatre Vents in Lanmeur, Brittany, France.
Grammar school
It was founded in 1907.
Comprehensive
It became comprehensive in 1971, at the same time that it lost its sixth form. St Austell Sixth Form College was built at the same time next to the Mid-Cornwall College of Further Education on Palace Road. These merged in 1993 to form St Austell College, opposite the school.
In 2007, Poltair School held its Centenary, which included guided tours of the school, a service at St Johns Methodist Church, and celebrations at St Austell's Eden Project.
Buildings
The school has recently undergone a £5 million redevelopment programme, which included a new main hall, dining hall, radio studio, and dance/drama facilities, amongst other additions.
The school launched a full student radio station, Inferno Radio, in 2004.
Academic performance
The school's GCSE pass rate increased 16% in the 2 years up until July 2007. However its GCSE pass rate is well below the England average, and the second lowest in Cornwall (above Redruth School).