- Truro School is Cornwall’s largest coeducational independent school and was founded by Wesleyan Methodists in 1880. Its motto, Esse quam videri, means “To be, rather than to seem to be” and the school’s ambition is to be a “community of inclusion and excellence delivering the best educational journey in the Southwest”.
- Alongside the A-level curriculum, the school runs its own sixth-form diploma, “a choice-driven, well-supported and bespoke framework that empowers students to develop skills of value beyond schooling”.plus+
- A dedicated outdoor pursuits coordinator ensures that there is “hardly a weekend in the year” in which there is not a group from the school out and about. Pupils can participate in the Ten Tors event on Dartmoor and spend months in training in preparation for the 35, 45 or 55-mile challenges.
- The school is committed to offering means-tested bursaries and a range of scholarships are available, from fencing to co-curricular.
- Noted alumni include the political scientist Sir John Curtice, the former chief scientific adviser Lord (Patrick) Vallance and the Olympic sailor Sir Ben Ainslie.
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