What is Sir Harry Smith Community College's Ofsted rating?

Sir Harry Smith Community College received a Requires improvement rating from Ofsted following its 2025 inspection.

What do parents say about Sir Harry Smith Community College?

Ofsted Parent View (Sept 2025, 61 responses): 43% of parents would recommend Sir Harry Smith Community College.

What are Sir Harry Smith Community College's latest exam results?

Sir Harry Smith Community College: GCSE 2024/25: Attainment 8 40.5. Check the source and academic year shown with each result.

Where is Sir Harry Smith Community College located?

Sir Harry Smith Community College is a secondary school in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (PE7 1XB).

How many pupils attend Sir Harry Smith Community College?

Sir Harry Smith Community College has around 1,104 pupils on roll according to the latest school census data.

How can I compare Sir Harry Smith Community College with other schools?

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SecondaryData as of May 2026

Sir Harry Smith Community College

Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB

Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Non-selective · Mixed

Ofsted

Requires improvement

Sept 2025

Historical inspection outcome; read the latest report for the full findings.

Academic picture

40.5school · 46.0 national reference

Attainment 8 · 2024/25. Average GCSE points across eight subjects, not a percentage.

Why is Progress 8 unavailable?

Progress 8 is unavailable nationally for this year because the cohort's KS2 baseline tests were cancelled. This is not a negative judgement on the school.

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Exam Results

Official performance data from the Department for Education

GCSE Results (Secondary)

Key performance measures— 2024/25

Attainment 8

40.5

Progress 8?

N/A

9-7 Grades

16.4%

Basics 9-5

33.5%

Exam attainment

Attainment 8 · GCSE points across eight subjects, not a percentage or a measure of progress.

School · 2024/25

40.5

National · same year

46.0

SchoolNational reference

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Attainment 8 values by academic year
Year	School	National
2022/23	44.3	46.4
2023/24	38.5	46.4
2024/25	40.5	46.0

Learning progress

Progress 8 · Progress compared with pupils who had similar prior attainment. Zero is the national progress baseline.

School · 2024/25

Not available

National · same year

Not available

SchoolNational reference

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Progress 8 values by academic year
Year	School	National
2022/23	-0.31	0.00
2023/24	-0.66	0.00
2024/25	Not available	Not available

Progress 8 is unavailable for 2024/25 because the cohort's KS2 baseline tests were cancelled nationally. Missing values are not zero.

Grades at or above each threshold

These percentages overlap: grades 9–7 are also included in 9–5 and 9–4. Do not add the lines together.

9–7% / 9–5% / 9–4% available from 2023/24; no grade breakdown for 2022/23

EBacc Measures

EBacc Entry

30.0%

EBacc APS

3.50

EBacc 9-5

11.0%

EBacc 9-4

16.5%

How to read Progress 8 vs Attainment 8Two numbers, two different stories. The 6-min explainer for parents.

A-Level Results (Post-16)

Key A-Level performance measures— 2024/25

APS per Entry

29.97

A*-A Grades

13.3%

A*-B Grades

37.3%

AAB+ %

3.8%

APS per Entry

National avgSelective avg

Grade Distribution (%)

A*-A% / A*-B% available from 2023/24; no grade breakdown for 2022/23

Based on 64 students entered

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