The current headteacher joined the school two years ago, three weeks before the last inspection. Since that time there has been a large turnover of staff; approximately one third of the staff have left the school and have been replaced. The Chair of the Governing Body took up her role six months ago and there are several other new governors. The school has an Area Resource Base for 11–16-year-old students with severe learning and physical disabilities. Currently, 13 students attend the resource base. These students are placed by the local authority but are on the roll of the school. The school uses two alternative learning providers for a very small number of students: Acorn Alternative Provision Academy, Restormel and the Community and Hospital Education Service. The school is part of the Mid Cornwall Co-operative Learning Trust, an informal partnership of schools in the China Clay area of Cornwall, near St Austell. The school meets the government’s current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for students’ attainment and progress.