Truro and Penwith College is located in Cornwall and welcomes students from the age of 14 years and upwards. It is rated as one of the best colleges in the country. It was the first Further Education or Tertiary College in the UK to be awarded Designated Outstanding Status' by Ofsted. Truro College opened in 1993 and merged with Penwith College in 2008.
Truro and Penwith College is a member of the Combined Universities in Cornwall partnership and the Plymouth University partner college network. It is the top non-selective state school for the International Baccalaureate in the UK, and in the top five of all state school providers of the IB nationally. Two of its students got the highest marks in the country for their respective A Level subjects, English Language and Law, in 2012.