Truro and Penwith College is a tertiary college and further education college in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Truro College was founded in 1993 as a new college in Gloweth near Threemilestone, Truro, Cornwall, to replace the Truro Sixth Form College. Penwith College was founded in 1980 in Penzance, and was known until 1990 as Penwith Sixth Form College. It then became a tertiary college named Penwith College. The decision to merge the two colleges was made in 2006, with the merger completed in 2008. It has assisted the creation of the Ofsted Outstanding Callywith College, a Further Education college in Bodmin, which opened in September 2017 and was rated the best sixth form college in England in 2020. Three of the college's students, who were identical triplets, all went to Cambridge University in 2004, the first set of triplets to do so. The Rick Stein Academy was launched in 2015 as a partnership between the Rick Stein Group and Truro and Penwith College, in 2016 it was recognized as a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer nationally. In 2016 Truro and Penwith College won the Association of Colleges Beacon Award for Leadership and Governance. It is the top non-selective provider of the International Baccalaureate Diploma in the UK, according to Sunday Times Parent Power league tables. In 2020 it was recognised as the best provider of Hair and Beauty apprenticeships in the UK. In 2015 it had the highest A Level points-per-student and value-added progress score in the UK. In 2015 one of its students was awarded the 'Outstanding BTEC Student of the Year' award. In 2012 two of its students got the highest marks in the country for English Language and Law. The college hosts the annual Cornwall Apprenticeship Awards. Upcoming developments include the South West Institute of Technology on the Truro College campus, a Cornwall STEM Skills Centre in Bodmin, and the Stadium for Cornwall. More information...
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