Humphry Davy SchoolNancealverne School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Penzance.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Humphry Davy School and Nancealverne School in Penzance.

Humphry Davy School was judged Good and Nancealverne School was judged Good.

Humphry Davy School versus Nancealverne School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	PenzanceHumphry Davy School	PenzanceNancealverne School	England average
Overview
Our score	D52/100	Not scored
Local ranking	23rd of 31 in Cornwall	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Foundation school	Academy special converter
Phase	Secondary	Not reported
Age range	11-16	2-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	770	128
Capacity	926	83
Location	Penzance, TR18 2TG	Penzance, TR20 8TP
GCSE results
Attainment 8	41.5	Not reported	46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths	36.3%	Not reported	45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	55.5%	Not reported	64.8%
Entering EBacc	21.9%	Not reported	40.5%
EBacc average point score	3.45	Not reported	4.09
Cohort	146	5
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	Not reported	0.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	Not reported	0.0%	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	770	128
Free school meals (ever 6)	38.7%	45.5%
English as an additional language	2.7%	2.3%
SEN support	29.6%	0.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.5%	99.2%
Attendance
Overall absence	10.5%	7.9% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	34.0%	23.4% Stronger figure	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.