Humphry Davy School Explained

Humphry Davy School
Coordinates:50.1242°N -5.5409°W
Motto:Raising Aspirations Achieving Excellence
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:W. Marshall
Chair Label:Chair of Governors
Chair:K. Uren
Address:Coombe Road
Country:England
Postcode:TR18 2TG
Ofsted:Yes
Specialist:Music
Urn:112067
Dfeno:908/4173
Enrolment:687
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Houses:Kemeneth, Sowena, Aweni, Tevi, Medra, Longya
Colours:Purple, Green, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Silver
Website:http://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk

Humphry Davy School is a comprehensive school in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The school teaches 11 to 16-year-olds.

History

The oldest part of the main school building was completed in 1909. It was originally called the Penzance County School and opened with an enrolment of 130 boys on 24 January 1910. It later became known as the Humphry Davy Grammar School for Boys.

It shared a canteen with the Penzance Girls Grammar School (PGGS), further up the hill, and, in the late 1970s, a joint upper sixth form block was added on the playing fields to the North East of the school, South West of PGGS. In 1980 it merged with PGGS and Lescudjack schools, becoming a co-educational comprehensive school, with the name Humphry Davy School.[1] [2]

Much of the original building has been preserved and, in the summer of 2013, the school received funding worth over £300,000 to replace the sash windows with handmade modern versions.

In 2005 the school gained specialist status, as a Music College.

Notable former pupils

Humphry Davy Grammar School for Boys

Notes and References

  1. "100 years of Humphry Davy School", BBC Cornwall, 22 January 2010
  2. "Penzance (County) Girls’ Grammar School", West Penwith Resources, retrieved 06 April 2021
  3. News: Olympic gold rower Helen Glover's 'phenomenal talent'. BBC News . August 2012 . 1 August 2012.
  4. Web site: Category:Sam Palladio - Wikimedia Commons . 2022-05-24 . commons.wikimedia.org . en.