Best Secondary Schools in Penzance

We checked all 3 secondary schools in Penzance, Cornwall,, and every one is ranked.

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Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Penzance. Schools with the same score share a rank.

Penzance also has 19 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Cornwall. Cornwall also has rankings for Truro, St Austell and all of Cornwall.

Ranked secondary schools in Penzance

  1. 1

    Humphry Davy School

    Local authority maintained, 740 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    36.3%

  2. 2

    Mounts Bay Academy

    Academy, 922 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Attainment 8
    43.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    37.7%

  3. 3

    Cape Cornwall School

    Academy, 302 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    38.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    31.6%