10.01.2025 Senior Bulletin

Dear Parents, Guardians & Carers,

It has been delightful to start the new term and New Year with a palpable sense of purpose and enjoyment from staff and pupils alike. As you will read in the stories below, we have welcomed new pupils to the School, as well as new equipment into the Sir Ben Ainslie gym, a large yellow crane, and we have enjoyed a whole school chapel reflecting on the theme of light. After two days of staff Inset, we returned to our academic and co-curricular endeavours with energy and drive, and we weren’t derailed by the weather!

We have the utmost confidence in the importance, strength and ambition of our school. Our values-based approach to education, rooted in our methodist foundation, our Cornish location, and our sense of community, are platforms not just to be different, but to be significant.

Our co-curriculum, on and off site, is unrivalled, off the back of huge commitment and energy from so many staff, and reflecting the myriad talents of our pupils. Our academic outcomes deliver nationally significant value-added across our ability range at A-Level and GCSE too, not just region-leading grade profiles for our County.

Our curriculums are evolving via the fashioning of innovative frameworks like the Diploma and MiYPortfolio. We can envisage a bold future where the Truro School difference is delivered via a bespoke series of phase journeys from Pre-Prep to Prep, to Lower to Middle School, and then Sixth Form, with each phase enhanced by its own innovative framework, delivering not just what any good school should, but added impacts that are bespoke for every child here.

This journey of ours as a School, with you, is not without its bumps in the road, traffic obstacles to navigate, roadside distractions, and occasional inclement weather surrounding us, but, to extend this metaphor perhaps too far, the bus we are on is a robust one, and the direction of travel is exciting for all on board.

And so, on behalf of all at Truro School, I wish you and your families an exciting journey through 2025 and thank you once again for entrusting your children’s education to us.

Mr A Johnson

Truro School Head

School News

Latest From Truro School

A Celebration of Light at the Start of Term

The whole school gathered on the first day back to mark the start of the new Spring Term, welcome in the New Year, and to mark an international celebration of light.

New Year and New Equipment in the Gym

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of state-of-the-art Life Fitness Treadmills and Cross Trainers in the Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre Gym.

Being a Boy Chorister at Christmas

Our boy choristers have enjoyed a busy Christmas season, with highlights including singing live on BBC Radio 3 from St Michael’s Mount and concerts in St Mawes and in Truro Cathedral.

Truro Celebrates New Year with Spectacular Fireworks

Truro welcomed in the New Year with a dazzling fireworks extravaganza, held at Truro School, with thanks to the efforts of the Truro City Council.

Weekly Calendar

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School Notices

Messages & Downloads

Uniform - Exemptions

Thank you to everyone who has been supporting our uniform policy this term.

If your child requires an exemption from any aspect of our school uniform policy for medical reasons, please email [email protected].

Our medical team work with families to provide support and will communicate with tutors and teachers regarding the exemption and its duration.

For all other matters regarding uniform, please contact your child’s form tutor.

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Trips Launching Soon

We’re excited to announce that the following trips will be launching soon. Please keep an eye on your inbox over the next few weeks for further details about these incredible opportunities:

Surf Trip Morocco, October 2025 – open to all current pupils

Ski Trip Austria, Easter 2026 – open to all current pupils

North Devon Camp, June 2025 – 1st Year

Aspiring Oxbridge Applicants Talk

We are delighted to share details of our upcoming Aspiring Oxbridge Applicants Talk with Mike Nicholson, which will take place on Tuesday, 14 January 2025, at 6:30 pm in the Burrell Theatre.

Mike Nicholson, the Director of Admissions at the University of Cambridge, has kindly offered to speak with our aspiring Oxbridge students in 5th Year and Lower Sixth, as well as their parents. With extensive experience from his roles at the universities of Bath, Oxford, and now Cambridge, Mike will provide invaluable insights into the Oxbridge admissions process and the broader higher education landscape.

If you would like to attend this informative and inspiring event, please register using the link provided here.

Kind regards,
Ross Williamson
Head of Sixth Form

Useful Information

A useful reminder that the ‘Parents’ section of the Truro School website contains lots of information, including the whole school calendar, parent handbooks, term dates, policies and uniform > https://www.truroschool.com/parents/

The ‘Contact Us’ page also contains contact emails and numbers for both sites, campus maps and contact information for the Governors and Finance Teams. https://www.truroschool.com/contact-us/

Spring Term's Clubs and Activities

The list of Spring Term clubs and activities is available to view here and on the link below.

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