Humphry Davy School
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Humphry Davy School is a comprehensive school in Penzance
, Cornwall
, in the United Kingdom
.
, as a Music College
. Humphry Davy school is located just outside Penzance town centre on Coombe Road, and backs onto Penwith College.
subjects. The other large building caters for Science, Mathematics and Performing Arts, as well as housing the canteen. The two smaller buildings are the Technology block, and the Creative and Cultural Studies block.
award when a video they created was shown on MTV accompanying Tom Baxter's song.
Penzance
Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
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, in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Admissions
The school teaches 11-16 year olds. In 2005 it gained specialist statusSpecialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
, as a Music College
Music College
Music Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in England. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, music. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Music Colleges will receive extra...
. Humphry Davy school is located just outside Penzance town centre on Coombe Road, and backs onto Penwith College.
History
The school was the Humphry Davy Grammar School for Boys on Coombe Road until 1980. It then became a comprehensive school with the name Humphry Davy School. Princess Anne visited the school on 22 January 1999.The school was opened in 1910, meaning it is 100 years old.Buildings
The school is spread between four buildings of which the largest building houses the reception, English, Physical Education, Modern Foreign Languages and HumanitiesHumanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
subjects. The other large building caters for Science, Mathematics and Performing Arts, as well as housing the canteen. The two smaller buildings are the Technology block, and the Creative and Cultural Studies block.
School achievements
In 2006 a group of students from the school became one of the first of their age group to cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End. These students were: Dean Fry, Lizzie Weeks, George Hole, Nathan Sheldon, Amy Cuttle, Ellie Samuels, Matt Collins, Tom Freethy, Joe Chambers, Ollie Monk and Tom Pearson. Students from the school also won an MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
award when a video they created was shown on MTV accompanying Tom Baxter's song.
Notable alumni
- Daniel HillDaniel HillDaniel Hill or Dan Hill may refer to:* Daniel Hill , British actor* Daniel G. Hill , Canadian sociologist, civil servant, human rights specialist, and Black Canadian historian...
, Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
weapons engineer - Thandie NewtonThandie NewtonThandiwe Nashita "Thandie" Newton is a British actress. She has appeared in a number of British and American films, including The Pursuit of Happyness, Mission: Impossible II, Crash, Run, Fatboy, Run and W....
, BAFTA award winning actress - Tom WelhamTom WelhamTom Welham is an English musician best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the band Thirteen Senses. He attended both Humphry Davy School in Penzance and Camborne Science and Community College. Also, he has played guitar live for Gabriella Cilmi and produced and played guitar in...
, lead guitarist of Thirteen SensesThirteen SensesThirteen Senses are a post-britpop band from Penzance, Cornwall. The group released the album The Invitation on 27 September 2004, along with several singles: "Thru the Glass", "Do No Wrong", "Into the Fire" and "The Salt Wound Routine", of which the first three have reached the UK Top 40...
Humphry Davy Grammar School for Boys
- Dr David Collins CBE, Chief Executive since 2009 of the Learning and Skills Improvement ServiceLearning and Skills Improvement ServiceThe Learning and Skills Improvement Service is the sector-owned body supporting the development of excellent and sustainable Further Education provision across the learning and skills sector...
, and president from 2008-09 of the Association of CollegesAssociation of CollegesThe Association of Colleges sometimes shortened to the AoC is an organisation representing further education colleges in the UK, with an associated registered charitable trust. The Association was created in 1996 and provides a broad range of services to its subscribers, the subscribers being FE... - Michael GrandageMichael GrandageMichael Grandage CBE is a British theatre director and producer, and current Artistic Director at the Donmar Warehouse, London. Grandage won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for Red.-Early years:...
, theatre director - Mike Lake CBE, Director General since 2009 of the English-Speaking UnionEnglish-Speaking UnionThe English-Speaking Union is an international educational charity which was founded by the journalist Evelyn Wrench in 1918. The ESU aims to "bring together and empower people of different languages and cultures," by building skills and confidence in communication, such that individuals realize...
- Colin Lyne, President from 1994-5 of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and SupplyChartered Institute of Purchasing and SupplyThe Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply is a global organisation working for the purchasing and supply professions. CIPS is the world’s largest procurement and supply professional organisation. It is the worldwide centre of excellence on purchasing and supply management issues...
, and Chairman from 2000-2 of the European Council of Purchasing and Supply - Prof Richard Pentreath, Research Professor, Environmental Systems Science Centre from 2000-7 at the University of ReadingUniversity of ReadingThe University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
, and Chief Scientist from 1995-2000 at the Environment AgencyEnvironment AgencyThe Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
and from 1989-95 at the National Rivers AuthorityNational Rivers AuthorityThe National Rivers Authority was one of the forerunners of the Environment Agency of England and Wales, existing between 1989 and 1996. Before 1989 the regulation of the aquatic environment had largely been carried out by the ten Regional Water Authorities...
(part forerunner of the EA) - Quinton QuayleQuinton QuayleQuinton Mark Quayle is a British diplomat. Educated at Bromsgrove School and University of Bristol, he entered the Foreign Office in 1977 and studied Thai at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London....
, Ambassador to Thailand since 2007, and to Romania from 2002 to 2006 - Jack RichardsJack RichardsJack Richards is an English former cricketer, who played in eight Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1981 to 1988...
, Surrey and England cricketer - Alan Rogers, headmaster from 1990-2006 of Wellington School, SomersetWellington School, SomersetWellington School is a British co-educational independent school in Wellington, Somerset, England catering for both day pupils and boarders. There are currently 750 pupils on roll including 200 students in the sixth form. The Headmaster is Martin Reader....