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Penrice Community College is a 11-16 state school and specialist Language College in St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Almost 1400 pupils attend it. Languages taught include French, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese and some Cornish. It is also an International School having received a Gold International School Award from the British Council in November 2006. It has educational links with schools around the world. Students and staff make overseas visits and there is a strong international ethos at the college which is underpinned by an equally strong emphasis on the use of ICT throughout the curriculum. The college has a teacher training programme and has achieved Training School status. It has recently been awarded second specialist status in Vocational Education and is collaborating with other local schools and colleges on vocational courses. The headteacher is currently David Parker. The uniform, formerly blue, black and white, was changed in September 2006 to just black and white.
