UK Schools
St Ives School
St Ives School is a mixed secondary academy in St Ives, Cornwall Council, teaching 580 pupils aged 11 to 16. Its last Ofsted inspection in December 2022 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 45 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 24 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Ives School.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Ives School.
- 3–30 Autumn Term
- 1–31 Autumn Term
- 20–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 1–19 Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5–31 Spring Term
- 1–28 Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 1–31 Spring Term
- 1–2 Spring Term
- 6–17 Easter Holiday
- 20–30 Summer Term
- 1–31 Summer Term
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term
- 1–24 Summer Term
- 27 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term September 3, 2025 - December 19, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 20-31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term January 5, 2026 - April 2, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday April 6-17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term April 20, 2026 - July 24, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday July 27, 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Ives School with Cornwall Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 45 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Cornwall Council England
Attendance 26.3% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Cornwall Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 95% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Cornwall Council England
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 St Ives 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 St Ives 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.