Humphry Davy School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Penzance, TR18 2TG
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Mounts Bay Academy
Boscathnoe Lane, Heamoor, Penzance, TR18 3JT
Local ranking28th of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1020
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 41.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 191
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 975
- Boys
- 473 (49%)
- Girls
- 502 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1020 (96% full)
- SEND
- 18.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.1%
- EAL
- 2.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 16.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,078/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.1%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Other: 0.4%
- Asian Chinese: 0.2%
92.1%
White British
2.5%
White Other
1.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Boscathnoe Lane
Penzance, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136873
- UKPRN
- 10034131
- Establishment No.
- 4172
- Trust
- TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST
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