Mounts Bay Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Penzance, TR18 3JT
- Distance
- 9.4km away
Cape Cornwall School
Cape Cornwall Street, St Just, Penzance, TR19 7JX
Local ranking21st of 31 secondary schools in Cornwall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 17 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 32.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 18.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 40.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 50
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 284
- Boys
- 142 (47%)
- Girls
- 160 (53%)
- Capacity
- 600 (50% full)
- SEND
- 20.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.8%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.9%
- SEN Support
- 10.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 12.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,088/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
- 10.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 95.4%
- White Other: 3.2%
- White Irish: 1.1%
- Other: 0.4%
95.4%
White British
3.2%
White Other
1.1%
White Irish
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cape Cornwall Street
Penzance, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 146325
- UKPRN
- 10080945
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST
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