Address: Boscathnoe Lane, Heamoor, TR18 3JT Penzance, United Kingdom
Website: www.mountsbay.cornwall.sch.uk
Contact: Jennie Hick
Mounts Bay School is a mixed comprehensive school and previously a specialist college for both Sports
and Applied Learning. It is situated in Penzance, a small tourist town in the extreme South West of the
United Kingdom in an area of outstanding natural beauty yet economic deprivation. Despite many of our
students coming from underprivileged backgrounds, they perform well academically and the school has
"High Performing School" status.
We were accredited with the International School Award in 2007 and again in 2010 and have numerous
international projects and enrichment opportunities including traditional school exchanges with
New Zealand, China and Germany as well as school development projects with Norway, Poland, Bulgaria,
Turkey, India, Denmark, Germany and the Czech Republic and various sports and humanities visits
across Europe. Many of our students are keen linguists with French, German, Spanish and Italian
being offered in the curriculum. (Not forgetting our own Cornish language on St. Piran’s Day!)
Having been an Applied Learning College engendered further developments and we now have international
work experience in our partner school, Wiesenschule, a Special School in Germany as well as numerous
courses such as Digital Design and Media to prepare our students for the working world of the
21st Century.
The school plays an important role as a hub for many educational developments in the region.
As such we value this opportunity to develop innovations and the opportunities to take our learners
beyond the classroom context into the wider world both locally, nationally and internationally.
We have led international CPD sessions in Germany, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden and Britain
and recognise and look forward to using this project as a conduit to improving standards and learning
experiences for our students and those in other institutions working with us.
Comenius project Opening Doors
For complaints, questions, comments regarding the Comenius project
contact: udolegner@gmx.de ,
regarding this site
contact: richard@richardhwinter.de