Centre part of a school photo taken in 1931. Staff shown are Miss Sunter (secretary), Margaret Battersby, Alfreda Tresdale, Ethel Smith (second mistress), Violet Macpherson (Head) , Gertrude Jolly, Cynthia Havergal and Murial Mitchel.
Polwithen House was built for the banker William Bolitho about 1870. It was sold in 1902 to become the hotel.
In 1918 the Penzance Church of England High School for girls took over the premises.