Richard Lander School

Term dates

Cornwall council sets the term dates for this school. See all Cornwall dates, taken from the council's own page.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 326 families put this school as their first choice, and 308 places were offered. 306 of the families who put it first got a place (94%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 4 October 2023: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Community school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1561 (capacity 1523)

Gender

Mixed

Phone

01872273750

Address

Higher Besore Road, Truro, TR3 6LT

Website

richardlander.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports