Truro School has been praised in a national guide to schools and colleges.

The school was visited during the autumn by journalist Charles Cowling from the Good Schools Guide, an independent review of UK schools, and his report due for publication in the new Guide for 2007 has been pre-released to the school.

In his summary, he refers to Truro School as "a busy campus where you can see there's a lot of achieving going on." With fees that are considerably lower than those charged by most independent schools in the rest of the UK, Truro School is "decidedly good value for money," he said. "It may be your only option hereabouts, but could you seriously expect to do better?"

Meanwhile the school has been getting good reports from other outside inspectors. The school's boarding houses were subject to their regular inspection by the Social Services Inspectorate in November, and their report concludes that "boarding staff know boarders well", the head is "very approachable." The catering is "excellent", the standard of accommodation is "very good" in Malvern, the 6th form girls' boarding house, and "adequate to good" in the others. The school has a good record on child protection issues, and that overall boarders "feel safe and secure in their environment".

The three-day inspection involved consultation of boarders, parents and staff as well as inspection of premises and (of course) paper-work.

Earlier in the autumn Truro School's reception and nursery classes in the pre-prep department were described as "outstanding" after a snap inspection by a government expert.

The pre-prep department at Willday House, which is part of the Truro prep site at Treliske, was visited without warning by an OFSTED inspector in September. The inspection was required because the school receives the nursery grant from the government for its three- and four-year-old pupils.

The assessment covered quality and standards of education, helping children make a positive contribution, organisation and improvements since the last inspection: in all aspects the school was placed in the "outstanding" category.

Deputy head of Truro School, Simon Price, said: " We live at a time when there is a great deal of talk about standards in education and so we are delighted to have such positive reports from people who visit us from outside the school.

"The demand for places at Truro School and its prep and pre-prep departments is very strong at the moment. Several year groups are completely full and applications for the Truro School Year 7 entrance examination on January 20 once again proves there is a powerful interest in the school throughout Cornwall." Truro School has been praised in a national guide to schools and colleges.

The school was visited during the autumn by journalist Charles Cowling from the Good Schools Guide, an independent review of UK schools, and his report due for publication in the new Guide for 2007 has been pre-released to the school.

In his summary, he refers to Truro School as "a busy campus where you can see there's a lot of achieving going on." With fees that are considerably lower than those charged by most independent schools in the rest of the UK, Truro School is "decidedly good value for money," he said. "It may be your only option hereabouts, but could you seriously expect to do better?"

Meanwhile the school has been getting good reports from other outside inspectors. The school's boarding houses were subject to their regular inspection by the Social Services Inspectorate in November, and their report concludes that "boarding staff know boarders well", the head is "very approachable." The catering is "excellent", the standard of accommodation is "very good" in Malvern, the 6th form girls' boarding house, and "adequate to good" in the others. The school has a good record on child protection issues, and that overall boarders "feel safe and secure in their environment".

The three-day inspection involved consultation of boarders, parents and staff as well as inspection of premises and (of course) paper-work.

Earlier in the autumn Truro School's reception and nursery classes in the pre-prep department were described as "outstanding" after a snap inspection by a government expert.

The pre-prep department at Willday House, which is part of the Truro prep site at Treliske, was visited without warning by an OFSTED inspector in September. The inspection was required because the school receives the nursery grant from the government for its three- and four-year-old pupils.

The assessment covered quality and standards of education, helping children make a positive contribution, organisation and improvements since the last inspection: in all aspects the school was placed in the "outstanding" category.

Deputy head of Truro School, Simon Price, said: " We live at a time when there is a great deal of talk about standards in education and so we are delighted to have such positive reports from people who visit us from outside the school.

"The demand for places at Truro School and its prep and pre-prep departments is very strong at the moment. Several year groups are completely full and applications for the Truro School Year 7 entrance examination on January 20 once again proves there is a powerful interest in the school throughout Cornwall."