Bodmin College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,236 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Foundation school
Humphry Davy School
- Pupils on roll
- 740of 926 places
- Free school meals
- 37.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 146
- Ofsted
- Good, 4 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Humphry Davy School has no sixth form. Of the 172 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 83% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Cornwall, with 36% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cornwall and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Humphry Davy School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 172 | 5,628 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 83% | 54% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Humphry Davy School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.5 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 22% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.45 | 3.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.4 | 33.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.4 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 3% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 144 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 62% |
| English Language | 144 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 60% |
| English Literature | 141 | 97% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 65% |
| Geography | 92 | 63% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 57% |
| Combined Science | 86 | 59% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 38% |
| Biology | 57 | 39% | 23% | 16% | 45% | 77% |
| Physics | 57 | 39% | 23% | 18% | 46% | 74% |
| Chemistry | 57 | 39% | 23% | 16% | 47% | 72% |
| Fine Art | 47 | 32% | 9% | 2% | 28% | 47% |
| History | 46 | 32% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 33% |
| French | 25 | 17% | 18% | 16% | 29% | 64% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 16% | 13% | 4% | 30% | 43% |
| Photography | 22 | 15% | 6% | 18% | 19% | 77% |
| Spanish | 17 | 12% | 19% | 6% | 27% | 29% |
| 3D Design | 17 | 12% | 2% | 6% | 16% | 71% |
| Film Studies | 15 | 10% | 1% | 7% | 20% | 40% |
| Music | 11 | 8% | 5% | 27% | 33% | 91% |
| Textiles | 9 | 6% | 2% | 11% | 27% | 78% |
| Drama | 7 | 5% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| Art and Design | 2 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 52 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 9 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 7 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 2 | — | — |
Where Humphry Davy School is
Other secondary schools in Cornwall are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Cornwall’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Cornwall
Brannel School
Academy sponsor led · 888 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Budehaven Community School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,145 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.4
Callington Community College
Academy converter · sixth form · 887 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0
Camborne Science and International Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,751 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7
Cape Cornwall School
Academy sponsor led · 302 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.