UK Schools
Humphry Davy School
Humphry Davy School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Penzance, Cornwall Council, teaching 740 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in May 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41.5 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Humphry Davy School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Humphry Davy School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- First Day of Autumn Term 2nd Sep 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term 24th Oct 2025 - 31st Oct 2025 Holiday
- Last Day of Autumn Term 19th Dec 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday 22nd Dec 2025 - 2nd Jan 2026 Holiday
- First Day of Spring Term 5th Jan 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term 16th Feb 2026 - 20th Feb 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Spring Term 2nd Apr 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday 3rd Apr 2026 - 17th Apr 2026 Holiday
- First Day of Summer Term 20th Apr 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term 25th May 2026 - 29th May 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Summer Term 23rd Jul 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday 24th Jul 2026 - 31st Aug 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day 2nd Sep 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Training Day 3rd Sep 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Training Day 22nd Oct 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Training Day 23rd Oct 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Training Day 5th Jan 2026 Inset Day
- Bank Holiday 4th May 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Humphry Davy School with Cornwall Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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Attendance 34% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Humphry Davy School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Humphry Davy School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.