Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy

Academy · All-through, ages 5 to 16 · Mixed

Part of WAVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Nine Maidens, Four Lanes, Redruth, TR16 6ND

01209 217046 · Map and directions

OfstedGoodInspected 16 October 2012, before conversion; confirmed 2022
Pupils59Room for 61 Pupil numbers in January of each year: 21 in 2019, 28 in 2021, 13 in 2022, 26 in 2023, 46 in 2024, 50 in 2025, 59 in 2026. Across England, secondary state school pupil numbers were up 10% from 2019 to 2025.
Free school meals70%of pupils eligible now

Ofsted inspection

Ofsted rated this school Good at the inspection that started on 16 October 2012. This inspection was of the school before it changed to its current form (for example, before becoming an academy).

This inspection used Ofsted's older format with four grades: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement and Inadequate. Newer inspections use report cards. What changed.

AreaGrade
Quality of educationGood
Outcomes for pupilsGood
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Since then, a shorter ungraded inspection on 6 July 2022: Ofsted found the school was still Good.

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Results

No test or exam results have been published for this school yet.

Admissions

Apply through the council where you live, even if the school is in a different council area. This school is in Cornwall. The national closing date for secondary applications is 31 October, and offers are sent on 1 March.

Admissions dates and schools in Cornwall

Pupils, staff and SEND

PupilsThis schoolCornwallEngland
Eligible for free school meals in the last 6 years 74.0% 25.5%* 28.9%
With an education, health and care plan 14.0% 3.5%* 3.1%
Receiving special educational needs support 84.0% 15.9%* 13.4%
English as an additional language 0.0% 3.3%* 19.2%
Pupils per teacher 5.5 16.7 16.7
Pupils per adult (teachers and support staff) 3.4 11.5 11.8
Teachers who left during the year 32.2% 14.9%* 14.2%*

Comparisons are with secondary schools. Scales run from lower (left) to higher (right) figures. For absence and suspensions lower is better, so their scales run green to red; blue scales describe the school's pupils and staff and aren't good or bad. * Calculated by SchoolScores from the council's or England's schools, weighted by pupils (or teachers, for turnover); other figures are published by DfE. Sources: DfE school census 2024/25; DfE school workforce census 2025/26; DfE teacher turnover 2024/25.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance. Distance isn't the same as a catchment area.

Questions parents ask

What is Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy's Ofsted rating?

Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy was rated Good by Ofsted at its inspection in 16 October 2012. At a shorter ungraded inspection in 6 July 2022, Ofsted found the school was still Good.

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Page updated 26 September 2026.