Bodmin College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,236 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy sponsor led
St Ives School
- Pupils on roll
- 580of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 25.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 109
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 1 December 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Ives School, A Technology College (URN 112064, until 7 March 2014).
What the data says
St Ives School has no sixth form. Of the 131 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 83% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Cornwall, with 45% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 19% of the year group, and 19% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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 | St Ives School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 131 | 5,628 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 83% | 54% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Ives School | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.0 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 19% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.80 | 3.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.3 | 33.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.3 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 | 106 | 97% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 62% |
| English Literature | 106 | 97% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 75% |
| English Language | 106 | 97% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 73 | 67% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 41% |
| Geography | 65 | 60% | 41% | 28% | 25% | 72% |
| History | 58 | 53% | 41% | 22% | 26% | 57% |
| Film Studies | 41 | 38% | 1% | 20% | 20% | 63% |
| Graphic Communication | 37 | 34% | 1% | 22% | 23% | 78% |
| Design and Technology | 35 | 32% | 11% | 14% | 23% | 60% |
| Fine Art | 35 | 32% | 9% | 3% | 28% | 51% |
| Biology | 32 | 29% | 23% | 22% | 45% | 97% |
| Physics | 31 | 28% | 23% | 26% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 28% | 23% | 16% | 47% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 26 | 24% | 8% | 27% | 21% | 77% |
| French | 21 | 19% | 18% | 24% | 29% | 76% |
| Drama | 19 | 17% | 7% | 42% | 27% | 79% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 16% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 47% |
| Music | 14 | 13% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 57% |
| Astronomy | 10 | 9% | 0% | 10% | 29% | 30% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 5 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Cornwall
Brannel School
Academy sponsor led · 888 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Budehaven Community School
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77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.4
Callington Community College
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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.