Mounts Bay Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Penzance, TR18 3JT
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Humphry Davy School
Coombe Road, Penzance, TR18 2TG
Local ranking21st of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
926
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 4 May 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 148
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 770
- Boys
- 352 (48%)
- Girls
- 388 (52%)
- Capacity
- 926 (80% full)
- SEND
- 32.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.7%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 29.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,823/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.9%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
92.9%
White British
1.8%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Coombe Road
Penzance, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 112067
- UKPRN
- 10016110
- Establishment No.
- 4173
- Trust
- The Penwith Education Trust (PET)
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